Legal Opinion

Schrecker v. United States Department of Justice

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided November 18, 2003No. 02-5317PublishedCited by 335 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

Ellen Schrecker appeals the District Court’s decision granting summary judgment to the U.S. Department of Justice (“the Government”), in a case arising out of Schrecker’s Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request for Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) records relating to MeCarthy-era investigations of Gerhart Eisler and Clinton Jencks. The Government produced over 24,000 pages of responsive documents, but redacted names and other information identifying third-party individuals mentioned in…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  3. Department of the Air Force v. RoseSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Safecard Services, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
  5. Harold Weisberg v. U.S. Department of Justice, (Two Cases). Harold Weisberg v. U.S. Department of Justice. (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by335 opinions

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  5. Hodge v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013

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