Morley v. Cent. Intelligence Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge Henderson.
2Per curiam
*391 This FOIA case has dragged on for a staggering 15 years. The litigation over attorney's fees alone has taken 8 years. It is time to bring the case to an end.
The sole question at this point is whether plaintiff Morley is entitled to attorney's fees under the FOIA attorney's fees statute. In 2003, Morley submitted a FOIA request to the CIA. Morley sought records related to former CIA Officer George Joannides. Morley stated that the records about Joannides would "shed new light on" the assassination of President Kennedy. After several years of…
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