Legal Opinion

John Davis v. United States Department of Justice

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided July 7, 1992No. 91-5209PublishedCited by 473 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit‘Judge:

The government appeals from a district court order under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) directing the Department of Justice to release tape recordings made in 1979 and 1980 during a criminal investigation of reputed mafia boss Carlos Mar-cello. Portions of some of the tapes were introduced into evidence during the trial of Marcello and others in 1981, but neither the requester, John Davis, nor the government can now determine exactly which parts were played in court. Under these circumstances, the district…

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