Legal Opinion
Michael Donovan, William Ford, James Kazel, and Judy Keogh, Cross-Appellees v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 24, 1986No. 1494, 1575, Dockets 86-6052, 86-6058PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RE, Chief Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellants appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which denied their motion for summary judgment under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, and, after an in camera review, withheld disclosure of 15 of 23 documents. Defendant-appel-lee, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has cross-appealed as to 6 of the documents or parts of documents which were ordered disclosed.
Two questions are presented on this appeal: first, whether the District Court abused its discretion by having reviewed the…
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