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Branch v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided April 13, 1987No. Civ. A. 86-1643PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff seeks pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, portions of the Stanley Levinson files being withheld by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI has invoked Exemptions 1, 2, 7(C) and 7(D) of the FOIA. Upon consideration of defendant’s motion for summary judgment, plaintiff’s motion for an in camera inspection and the entire record herein, the Court grants in part defendant’s motion and remands in part for a more detailed Vaughn index, and denies plaintiff’s motion for an in camera inspection.

I. BACKGROUND

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2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Robert G. Vaughn v. Bernard Rosen, Executive Director, United States Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  2. Mead Data Central, Inc. v. United States Department of the Air ForceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
  3. Military Audit Project, Felice D. Cohen, Morton H. Halperin v. William Casey, Director of Central IntelligenceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
  4. Lesar v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  5. Nathan Gardels v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Alan L. Fitzgibbon v. Central Intelligence Agency Alan L. Fitzgibbon v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
  2. Arthur B. Keys, Jr. v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
  3. Harold Massey v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
  4. Coleman v. Federal Bureau of InvestigationDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1998
  5. Garcia v. United States Department of Justice, Office of Information & PrivacyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2002

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