Legal Opinion
Church of Scientology International v. United States Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 26, 1994No. 94-1112PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff Church of Scientology International brought this action under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to compel disclosure of documents held by the Department of Justice pertaining to the Church and related entities. The Department released about 1,000 pages in full or in part, but withheld more than 700 additional pages based on various FOIA exemptions. The Church objected to both the breadth of the Department’s internal search for documents and the number of exemptions asserted. The district court granted summary judgment for the…
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