FERGUSON v. F.B.I.

No. 848, Docket 91-6248.

957 F.2d 1059 (1992)

Herman Benjamin FERGUSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven I. Froot, New York City, Asst. U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y. (Otto G. Obermaier, U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., Thomas A. Zaccaro, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Joan P. Gibbs, New York City (Suzanne L. Shende, Center for Constitutional Rights, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Kate Martin and Mark A. Srere, Washington, D.C. (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, of counsel), for appellee, amicus curiae.

Before KAUFMAN, PRATT and MINER, Circuit Judges.


GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert P. Patterson, Jr., Judge, directing the FBI to release to plaintiff-appellee Herman Benjamin Ferguson, substantial portions of FBI investigatory files, including information about confidential sources, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. ...

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