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PATTERSON BY PATTERSON v. F.B.I.

Nos. 89-5342, 89-5781.

893 F.2d 595 (1990)

Todd PATTERSON, a Minor suing by his father, Edgar PATTERSON v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, John Doe, an unknown employee of the United States Government and John Doe Agency, an unknown agency of the United States Government. Appeal of Todd PATTERSON in Nos. 89-5342 and 89-5781.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 8, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 7, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Askin (argued), Rutgers Constitutional Law, Newark, N.J., for appellant.

Susan C. Cassell, U.S. Attorney's Office, Newark, N.J., for all appellees.

Douglas Letter (argued), Robert E. Kopp, Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Washington, D.C., for F.B.I.

Before MANSMANN and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges, and GAWTHROP, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied February 7, 1990.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.

These appeals were born of the ambitious efforts of a sixth grade elementary school student who, in the lawful exercise of his constitutional rights, caused himself to be the subject of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"). The appeals constitute yet another illustration of the competing need for disclosure of information...

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