Legal Opinion
Schiller v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided March 25, 2002No. CIV.A.SA-01-CA0165FBPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER CONCERNING PENDING MOTIONS
BIERY, District Judge.
The parties have asked this Court to resolve their Freedom of Information Act dispute. Concepts of stare decisis and federal appellate precedents require the Court to balance the right of citizens to know the workings of their government against the individuals’ and their families’ basic human right of privacy and to be left alone. Compare H.R. Rep. No.795, at 7-8 (1996), reprinted in 1996 U.S.C.C.A.N. 3448, 3450-51 (discussing evolution of the Freedom of Information Act; President Johnson declared when he signed the Freedom of Information…
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