DICKERSON v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

No. 92-1458.

992 F.2d 1426 (1993)

Brian DICKERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herschel P. Fink (argued and briefed), Michael A. Gruskin (briefed), Steven M. Ribiat, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, MI, for plaintiff-appellant.

L. Michael Wicks, Asst. U.S. Atty., Detroit, MI, Stephen G. Harvey, Leonard Schaitman, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Appellate Staff, Civil Div., Scott R. McIntosh (argued and briefed), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Appellate Div., Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee.

Before: NELSON and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; and BECKWITH, District Judge.


DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act — a statute which, subject to certain exceptions, makes federal government records available to anyone who asks for them — plaintiff Brian Dickerson requested the release of records on an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation into the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, former president of the Teamsters Union.

Citing 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(A), which...

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