Legal Opinion
Church of Scientology v. United States Department of Justice
District Court, C.D. California
Decided April 2, 1976No. CV 74-3550-FPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FERGUSON, District Judge.
This case raises the question of whether the 1974 amendments to the Freedom of Information Act permit non-disclosure of confidential information supplied to the Drug Enforcement Agency by foreign, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
The government defendants produced a series of witnesses who testified that information provided from one law enforcement agency to another law enforcement agency is given on the understanding that it will not be revealed to members of the general public without the prior approval of the providing source. The…
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- Clarence Ditlow v. Claude S. Brinegar, Secretary of the Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Center for National Policy Review On Race & Urban Issues v. WeinbergerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Center For National Policy Review On Race And Urban Issues v. Caspar W. WeinbergerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
3Cited by20 opinions
- Daniel Nix v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- Lamont v. Department of JusticeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Church of Scientology v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Dunaway v. WebsterDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1981
- Louis (Studs) Terkel v. Clarence Kelly, Edward Levi, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
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