Legal Opinion
David I. Caplan v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America, and All of Its Agents
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 31, 1978No. 240, Docket 78-6097PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge:
David I. Caplan, the pro se plaintiff-appellant, is an attorney who is in the process of writing a book on the constitutional implications of firearms control laws. On July 3,1977 he initiated a request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (the Act), for the disclosure by the defendant-appellee, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (BATF), of its pamphlet “Raids and Searches.” BATF denied the request but informed Caplan of his right to an administrative appeal. On that appeal BATF forwarded to Caplan a partial copy of the pamphlet, deleting certain…
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