Legal Opinion
Summers v. Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 17, 1998No. 97-5002PublishedCited by 272 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1078Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.
SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:
In this case arising under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1997), author Anthony Summers seeks to compel release of the official and confidential records of former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Summers and the government filed. cross-motions for summary judgment on the issue of Summers’s entitlement to disputed documents. The district court granted the motion of the government…
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