Legal Opinion
Harold Weisberg v. United States Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 28, 1980No. 78-1107PublishedCited by 362 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
Harold Weisberg appears here for the third time in his decade-long crusade under the Freedom of Information Act (the Act) 1 for documents bearing on the assassination of President Kennedy. 2 The present appeal is from a summary judgment in the District Court holding that the Department of Justice has disclosed all available material within the scope of Weisberg’s quest. 3 Our review of the record constrains us to conclude that the Department’s demonstration on that score was inadequate for purposes of summary judgment. Accordingly, we reverse the…
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