Legal Opinion
Summers v. U.S. Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 2, 1990No. Civ. A. 89-3300PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
REVERCOMB, District Judge.
This is an action brought under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 522, as amended, in which plaintiff-author Tony Summers seeks access to more than 17,000 pages of former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s daily logs and appointment calendars as material to be used in a book about the Former Director. The FBI has invoked Open America v. Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 547 F.2d 605 (D.C.Cir.1976), requesting a stay of further proceedings in response to Summers’ demand that his requests be expedited. Plaintiff claims that there is good cause to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Open America v. The Watergate Special Prosecution ForceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Mayock v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1989
- Summers v. United States Department of JusticeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1989
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