PUBLIC CITIZEN, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

No. 96-5226.

111 F.3d 168 (1997)

PUBLIC CITIZEN, INC., Appellee, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE and National Archives and Records Administration, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marina Utgoff-Braswell, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellants. With her on the briefs were Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Colette G. Matzzie, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief was Michael E. Tankersley.

Before: SILBERMAN, WILLIAMS and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1994), Public Citizen seeks access to certain records maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration ("Archives") and the Department of Justice. The records sought are communications between the two agencies and former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush relating to access...

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