Legal Opinion
Steven SCHIFFER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; United States Department of Justice, Defendants-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1996No. 94-15472PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) appeals from a district court order requiring limited disclosure of certain law enforcement documents pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552. The district court exercised jurisdiction pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(B). We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse.
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As the district court stated, this case arises from “civil litigation that [] got completely out of hand.” In 1987, Steven Schiffer filed a civil lawsuit against his former business partners,…
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