Legal Opinion

Accuracy in Media, Inc. v. National Park Service

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided October 26, 1999No. 98-5535PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Accuracy in Media, Inc. (“AIM”) applied under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (“FOIA”), for photos of the body of the late Deputy White House counsel Vincent W. Foster, Jr., taken at the scene of his death and at the autopsy (as well as other documents about which there is no longer any dispute). The National Park Service, custodian of the documents because the United States Park Police conducted the initial investigation, resisted disclosure, invoking FOIA exemption 7(C), 5…

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