Legal Opinion
Eric Davin v. United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 5, 1995No. 94-3590PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
COWEN, Circuit Judge.
Eric Davin appeals from the order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of the United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (“the FBI” or “the government”) in a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) action. In response to a FOIA request by Davin, the FBI submitted to the district court a Vaughn index that set forth coded justifications and corresponding explanations for its withholding of approximately 7,400 pages of information. Because the Vaughn index submitted by the government did not sufficiently describe…
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