Legal Opinion
Davis v. Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 22, 2006No. 04-5406PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.
GARLAND, Circuit Judge.
This case involves four audiotapes recorded more than twenty-five years ago during an FBI corruption investigation in Louisiana. The plaintiff, an author, seeks release of the tapes under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552. There are two speakers on the tapes, one a “prominent individual” who was a subject of the FBI’s investigation, and the other an “undercover informant” in that investigation. The only question on this appeal is whether the FBI has undertaken reasonable steps to determine whether…
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