Legal Opinion
Blakey v. Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 18, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-2174PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JACKSON, District Judge.
This case, which commenced as an FOIA action to obtain vast quantities of FBI documents related to the assassination of President Kennedy and has provoked considerable acrimony during its course to date, had been distilled prior to hearing into a dispute over a single issue, viz., plaintiff’s right to a waiver of defendant’s customary charges for copying the remaining materials to which all agree he is entitled. At oral argument, however, controversy revived over two additional issues: the FBI’s invocation of Exemption 7(C) to refuse to confirm or…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- 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
- Fund for Constitutional Government v. National Archives and Records ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Matthew G. Yeager v. Drug Enforcement AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Alan R. Marks v. United States of America (Department of Justice)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by16 opinions
- National Security Counselors v. Central Intelligence AgencyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012
- Wilson v. U.S. Department of TransportationDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
- Assassination Archives & Research Center, Inc. v. Central Intelligence AgencyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1989
- Cunningham v. United States Department of JusticeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2014
- Truthout & Jeffrey Light v. Department of JusticeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013
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