Legal Opinion
Davis v. United States Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 6, 2010No. 09-5189PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.
GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:
For forty-four years the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has facilitated public access to the records of federal agencies. See Pub.L. No. 89-554, § 552, 80 Stat. 378, 383 (1966) (codified as amended at 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Supp. Ill 2009)). This case has been pending for half that time. The appellant, John Davis, filed a FOIA request with the Department of Justice in 1986, seeking access to tape recordings made during an FBI investigation of a New Orleans mob boss. When the Department failed to produce the recordings,…
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