Legal Opinion
Sephton v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 31, 2006No. 05-1820PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
In 1996, a passenger airliner bound for Paris crashed in the Atlantic Ocean ten minutes after departing from New York. All on board perished. Following an investigation by multiple federal agencies, including the FBI, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the probable cause of the crash was an explosion in one of the fuel tanks. A group of the victims’ family members formed an unofficial organization to conduct an independent investigation into the crash. A member of that organization, Graeme Sephton, brought the present action under the Freedom of…
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