Legal Opinion
William H. Hinton v. The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 14, 1988No. 87-1390PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
William Hinton filed this action more than seven years ago seeking the release of FBI documents pertaining to him under the Freedom of Information Act. Because the FBI withheld all or portions of a large number of the documents requested, the district court directed the FBI to prepare a Vaughn index, a detailed index correlating each withheld item with the statutory justification. The FBI appeals. We must determine as an initial matter whether we have jurisdiction over its appeal.
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Background
Hinton is an author and agricultural expert who has been…
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