Legal Opinion
Mary Jo Warth v. Department of Justice and United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 24, 1979No. 77-1733PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Warth appeals from the district court’s dismissal of her suit brought under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (FOIA). Her appeal presents one issue. It is whether a copy of a trial transcript possessed by an executive agency is an “agency record” subject to production under the provisions of the FOIA. The district court held that the transcript was a court document and, as such, was exempt from disclosure under the FOIA. We note jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and affirm.
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