Legal Opinion
Congressional News Syndicate v. United States Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 13, 1977No. Civ. A. 77-0882PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge.
This is an action under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Supp. V 1975), to compel disclosure of certain materials alleged to have been obtained or compiled by the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (“WSPF”) in the course of one of its numerous investigations. The parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment are directed to the issue whether the materials in question are within the purview of Exemption 7(C) of FOIA, which provides that FOIA disclosure requirements do not apply to investigatory records compiled for law…
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