Legal Opinion
United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 22, 1989No. 87-1379PublishedCited by 2,074 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has accumulated and maintains criminal identification records, sometimes referred to as “rap sheets,” on over 24 million persons. The question presented by this case is whether the disclosure of the contents of such a file to a third party “could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy” within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U. S. C. § 552(b)(7)(C) (1982 ed., Supp. V).
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In 1924 Congress appropriated funds to enable the Department of Justice (Department) to establish a program to collect…
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