SCHRECKER v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 02-5317.

349 F.3d 657 (2003)

Ellen W. SCHRECKER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 18, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Lesar argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Michael J. Ryan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant United States Attorney.

Michael E. Tankersley was on the brief for amici curiae Public Citizen, Inc., et al. in support of appellant.

Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, EDWARDS, Circuit Judge, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

Ellen Schrecker appeals the District Court's decision granting summary judgment to the U.S. Department of Justice ("the Government"), in a case arising out of Schrecker's Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request for Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") records relating to McCarthy-era investigations of Gerhart Eisler...

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