STALCUP v. C.I.A.

No. 13-2329.

768 F.3d 65 (2014)

Thomas STALCUP, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Latimer for appellant.

Patrick G. Nemeroff , Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, Carmen M. Ortiz , United States Attorney, Michael Sady , Assistant United States Attorney and Leonard Schaitman , Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before HOWARD, LIPEZ and BARRON, Circuit Judges.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Though clouded by an airline disaster and claims of a government cover-up, this case ultimately turns on a relatively straightforward question: must the government release certain information? Plaintiff-Appellant Thomas Stalcup brought this Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") suit against the Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA"), seeking two documents from an investigation into the crash of TWA Flight 800. Stalcup also sought the names of the...

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