Legal Opinion
Rushford v. Civiletti
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 27, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-1424PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.
This is an action under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, in which plaintiff seeks the release of files the Department of Justice maintains on allegations that federal judges may have engaged in criminal or other misconduct. The Department has agreed to release files on deceased judges, but it invokes Exemptions 6 and 7(C) of the Act insofar as the request concerns living judges. Presently pending before the Court is defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment. 1
[I] Exemption 7(C) 2 provides that the Freedom of Information Act does not…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Department of the Air Force v. RoseSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rural Housing Alliance v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Julius G. Getman v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Radio City Music Hall Corp. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by71 opinions
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- Bigwood v. United States Agency for International DevelopmentDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2007
- In Re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against DemingWashington Supreme Court · 1987
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