Legal Opinion
Burka v. United States Department of Health & Human Services
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 8, 1998No. 97-5150PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
Opinion concurring specially filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
WALD, Circuit Judge:
In 1992, Robert A. Burka, a pro se attorney-litigant, filed suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) seeking release of survey responses from the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation, a research project supported by the National Cancer Institute. After nearly five years of litigation that culminated in a reversal by this court of…
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