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SCHMERLER v. F.B.I.

No. 89-5029.

900 F.2d 333 (1990)

Gilbert R. SCHMERLER v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1990.

As Amended April 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Schnitker, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

L. Hope O'Keeffe, with whom Irvin B. Nathan, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before SILBERMAN, BUCKLEY, and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (the "FBI") appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia requiring it to disclose the names of three sources at Columbia University who gave character and background information in the FBI predecessor Bureau of Investigation's (the "Bureau") investigation of a 1931 murder. This case presents only one...

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