Legal Opinion
National Security Archive v. U.S. Department of Defense
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 16, 1988No. Civ. A. 86-3454PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JOHN GARRETT PENN, District Judge.
This ease is before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment. After carefully considering the motions, the opposition to them, the oral arguments of the parties, and the record in this case, the Court concludes that plaintiffs second motion for summary judgment should be denied, and that DoD’s motion for summary judgment should be granted.
Plaintiff filed this action under the Freedom of Information Act (the FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, claiming that the United States Department of Defense (DoD) wrongfully refused to consider plaintiff as a…
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