Legal Opinion
David Miscavige v. Internal Revenue Service
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 17, 1993No. 92-8659PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:
David Miscavige sued the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to enjoin them from withholding records concerning himself that he had sought under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552. The IRS claimed that the documents were within various statutory exceptions to FOIA and submitted affidavits saying so. Miscavige argued that the affidavits were insufficient to establish the documents’ exemption and that the IRS had to submit a Vaughn Index to the district court or allow the court to con duct an in camera review of the documents. The district court…
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