Legal Opinion
Ryan v. Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 7, 1980No. Nos. 79-1777, 79-1778PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by WILKEY, Circuit Judge.
WILKEY, Circuit Judge:
This case is an appeal from a district court order granting summary judgment to the Government in a Freedom of Informa-, tion Act (FOIA) suit, on grounds that the requested documents were not “agency records” for FOIA purposes. We find on the basis of the undisputed facts that the documents are agency records; we therefore reverse with instructions to enter summary judgment for plaintiffs on this issue. We also consider the applicability of FOIA Exemption 5 to these documents, and remand for the district court to…
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