PROVIDENCE JOURNAL CO. v. U.S. DEPT. OF ARMY

Civ. A. No. 91-0255 P.

769 F.Supp. 67 (1991)

PROVIDENCE JOURNAL COMPANY and Gerald M. Carbone, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the ARMY, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

July 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr., Michael DiBiase, Karen A. Pelczarski, of Blish & Cavanagh, Providence, R.I., for plaintiffs.

Stephanie S. Browne, Asst. U.S. Atty., Providence, R.I., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

On May 14, 1991, the plaintiffs, the Providence Journal and one of its reporters, Gerald M. Carbone, filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to enjoin the defendant, the United States Department of the Army, from improperly withholding records relating to the Inspector General's investigation of the Rhode Island National Guard. The suit was filed after Carbone requested...

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