Legal Opinion
Ferguson v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 24, 1989No. 89 Civ. 5071 (RPP)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROBERT P. PATTERSON, Jr., District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction to compel expedited processing of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for documents and indexes, and on defendant’s motion to extend the time required to respond to plaintiff’s requests.
On June 15, 1968, a jury in a New York state court found plaintiff Herman Benjamin Ferguson guilty of conspiracy to murder. Mr. Ferguson was a prominent African American activist in the New York City area at the time. He fled to Guyana in 1970 after exhausting his…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- People v. RosarioNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- National Labor Relations Board v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Open America v. The Watergate Special Prosecution ForceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Long v. United States Department of JusticeDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1998
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