Legal Opinion
Peter Hanlon Irons v. Griffin B. Bell
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 27, 1979No. 78-1350PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal in a suit brought pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act. 5 U.S.C. §§ 552 & 552a. The government appeals from that portion of the district court’s order which required the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to release to plaintiff-appellee twenty-five documents allegedly immune from disclosure under Exemption 7(D) of the FOIA. 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(D). 1 On cross motions for summary judgment, the district court ruled that the records in issue were not compiled for “law enforcement purposes” and therefore were not covered…
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3Cited by78 opinions
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