Legal Opinion
Sinito Ex Rel. Sinito v. United States Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 18, 1999No. 98-5227PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
WALD, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the question whether a claim brought under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, can ever survive the death of the original requestor. We hold that it may, but remand the case to the district court to determine whether the deceased request- or’s son is the proper party for substitution within the meaning of Fed.R.Civ.P. 25(a).
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Thomas Sinito filed this FOIA action in 1987, seeking disclosure of documents generated as part of an organized crime investigation that resulted in his…
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