Legal Opinion
Cottone, Salvatore v. Reno, Janet
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 26, 1999No. 98-5497PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
WALD, Circuit Judge:
The principal question in this case is whether wiretapped recordings, ‘ otherwise exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), must nevertheless be released when a requester precisely identifies specific tapes that have been introduced into evidence and played in open court during a public criminal trial. We hold that unless the government can rebut such a specific showing by demonstrating that .the recordings have since been destroyed or otherwise removed from the public record, they must'be…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Military Audit Project, Felice D. Cohen, Morton H. Halperin v. William Casey, Director of Central IntelligenceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Campbell v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
- Craig v. HarneySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by183 opinions
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- Valfells v. Central Intelligence AgencyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
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