Legal Opinion

Lame, Anthony v. United States Department of Justice

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided July 15, 1985No. 84-1615PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This case is again before us wherein the plaintiff-appellant Anthony Lame (“Lame”), a freelance writer and a former investigative reporter, seeks, for a book he is writing, certain records of a major criminal investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) of two state legislators pursuant to a request made under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(3) (1982) (“FOIA”). 1 The FBI denied disclosure under FOIA exemptions 7(C) (law enforcement information the disclosure of which would be an…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  2. William Jordan v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
  3. Church of Scientology of California, a Nonprofit Corporation, Plaintiff v. United States Department of the Army: Howard H. Callaway, Secretary of the Army U. S. Intelligence Agency Major Aaron, Assistant Chief of Staff for Army Intelligence, Church of Scientology of California, a Nonprofit Corporation, Plaintiff v. United States Department of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of the Department of Defense United States Department of the Navy J. Wm. Middendorf Ii, Secretary of the Navy Naval Intelligence Command: Rear Admiral E. F. Rectanus, Director of Naval Intelligence, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
  4. Lame, Anthony v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
  5. Joseph Ingle, Cross-Appellants v. Department of Justice, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Patterson ex rel. Patterson v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
  2. Animal Legal Defense Fund v. U.S. Food & Drug AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2016
  3. Trans-Orient Marine Corporation v. Star Trading & Marine, Inc., and the Republic of the SudanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
  4. McDonnell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
  5. Eric Davin v. United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995

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