Legal Opinion
The Washington Post Company v. United States Department of State
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 5, 1988No. 84-5604PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBINSON.
Dissenting Opinion filed by Circuit Judge BORK.
*27SP0TTSW00D W. KOBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
This appeal summons us to examine this case a second time. Again at issue is an order of the District Court requiring production by the Department of State1 of certain documents2 requested by the Washington Post Company (the Post) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).3 In that court the Department contended, as it does here, that revelation of these materials would “constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,” and,…
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- Chrysler Corp. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Military Audit Project, Felice D. Cohen, Morton H. Halperin v. William Casey, Director of Central IntelligenceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
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