Legal Opinion
Providence Journal Company and Gerald M. Carbone v. United States Department of the Army
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 8, 1992No. 92-1166PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is taken from a district court judgment directing the United States Department of the Army (“Army”) to disclose to the Providence Journal Company (“Journal”), pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request, numerous documents relating to an internal criminal investigation into allegations against six officers of the Rhode Island National Guard (“RING”). The Army contends that the documents are protected from compelled disclosure under three FOIA exemptions.
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BACKGROUND
During 1988, the Office of the Inspector General of the Army (“IG”) received four…
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