Legal Opinion

Jose M. Quinon and G. Richard Strafer v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided August 20, 1996No. 94-5261PublishedCited by 192 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Jose Quiñón, along with two other criminal defense lawyers, were the subject of a brief obstruction of justice investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI” or “Bureau”). Quiñón and his law partner, G. Richard Strafer, seek the production, under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), of documents acquired by the FBI during the course of that investigation. The FBI withheld many of the documents requested by Quiñón and Strafer pursuant to FOIA exemptions relating to records and information compiled for law enforcement purposes. The district…

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