Legal Opinion
Elizabeth G. Russell v. Department of the Air Force
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 23, 1982No. 81-2005PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES F. GORDON, Senior District Judge:
This appeal concerns Exemption (b)(5) of the Freedom of Information Act (hereinafter, FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5). Appellants, Elizabeth B. Russell and the National Veteran Task Force on Agent Orange, brought this action under the FOIA to force Appellee, Department of the Air Force, to disclose portions of a draft Air Force historical document entitled “Operation Ranch-hand: The United States Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971.” Appellants appeal from the District Court’s award of summary judgment to the Air Force, which held that the…
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