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DAVIS v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 09-5189.

610 F.3d 750 (2010)

John DAVIS, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 6, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Lesar argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant. Daniel S. Alcorn entered an appearance.

Jane M. Lyons, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Ronald C. Machen, Jr., U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Heather Graham-Oliver, Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered an appearance.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.

GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:

For forty-four years the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has facilitated public access to the records of federal agencies. See Pub.L. No. 89-554, § 552, 80 Stat. 378, 383 (1966) (codified as amended at 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Supp. III 2009)). This case has been pending for half that time. The appellant, John Davis, filed a FOIA request with the Department of Justice in 1986, seeking access to tape recordings made during an FBI...

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