Penny G. Ricchio v. Ray Kline, Acting Administrator of the General Services Administration v. Richard M. Nixon

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granting summary judgment against the plaintiff in a suit under the Freedom of Information Act (Information Act), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1982). Plaintiff sought disclosure of transcripts of tape recordings of White House conversations involving former President Nixon. The transcripts were made from the tapes by the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (Watergate Force). The district court dismissed the suit on the ground that the transcripts were not “agency records” under the…