Legal Opinion
Flower v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided March 16, 1978No. SA-76-CA-349PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
SUTTLE, District Judge.
The Plaintiff has brought this suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, seeking to compel the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to release certain documents from its files. The Plaintiff also seeks an award of attorneys’ fees as provided in 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(E). Jurisdiction is vested in this court under 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(B).
At the time this suit was brought, the FBI was withholding portions of sixty-five documents 1 on the basis that they fell within one or more of the following exemptions provided by § 552(b) of the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Department of the Air Force v. RoseSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Environmental Protection Agency v. MinkSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Vaughn v. RosenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Lamont v. Department of JusticeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Reinstein v. Police Commissioner of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Diamond v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1981
- Ferguson v. KellyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1978
- Pacheco v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1979
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