Legal Opinion
Irons v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 4, 1983No. Civ. A. 82-1143-GPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GARRITY, District Judge.
This case involves the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Plaintiffs Peter Irons and Melvin Lewis, both recognized legal scholars and historians, requested from the defendant a large volume of documents relating to the Smith Act prosecutions of leaders of the Communist party. They also requested a fee waiver of the duplication costs of the documents, under 5 U.S.C. § 552, on the ground that their research was in the public interest, and that furnishing the information would primarily benefit the general public. The FBI refused to grant the fee…
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