Legal Opinion
Block v. Smith
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 2, 1984No. Civ. A. 83-0672PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs in this case are distributors and potential exhibitors of three films pro duced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFBC). They challenge the United States Department of Justice’s application of certain provisions of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), 22 U.S.C. §§ 611-618 (1983), to these films. To fully understand the nature of this case, it seems necessary to set out the statutory framework of the FARA. A foreign agent who produces or sends a film or films to this country sends a copy thereof to the Department of…
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