Legal Opinion
Joseph P. Londrigan v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 31, 1981No. 79-1403PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Chief Judge:
The controversy in this case centers on the efforts of the appellant, Joseph P. Lon-drigan, to uncover the identities of persons who furnished information about him to the appellee, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, during the course of an investigation of his qualifications for federal employment. Presented for decision is a question going to the very heart of the Privacy Act *1167of 1974:1 What must an agency demonstrate in order to withhold information pursuant to Exemption (k)(5) on grounds that it was obtained under an implied promise of…
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