Legal Opinion
V. Lamar Skelton v. United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1982No. 81-1477PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff V. Lamar Skelton brought this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to compel disclosure of material deleted from documents furnished him in response to a FOIA request. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant agency, the United States Postal Service. Still seeking disclosure of material deleted from a single document, plaintiff appeals. We affirm.
I. Background
Skelton is a former employee of the Fort Worth post office. He retired from the Service on disability pay after suffering a work-related injury. Since his…
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