Legal Opinion
Dunaway v. Webster
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 9, 1981No. C-77-0907 RFPPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PECKHAM, Chief Judge.
This action, whose origins date back over five years, has become, to paraphrase another judge’s characterization of an earlier case, a Frankenstein monster posing as a suit under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (“FOIA”). See Eisen v. Carlisle and Jaquelin, 391 F.2d 555, 572 (2d Cir. 1968). This court has now reviewed almost 350 documents in camera to consider if the various exemptions claimed by the government were proper. Having waded through this mass of documents and claims of exemption, we well understand why courts have generally avoided the quagmire…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Department of the Air Force v. RoseSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Coastal States Gas Corporation v. Department of EnergyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Susan D. Goland and Patricia B. Skidmore v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Lesar v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by40 opinions
- The Nation Magazine, Washington Bureau, and Max Holland v. United States Customs ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- Cynthia King v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Pratt v. WebsterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Carl Oglesby v. The United States Department of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
- Sonia Dettmann v. U.S. Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
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