Legal Opinion
Seth Rosenfeld v. United States Department of Justice the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1995No. 91-16538PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:
Seth Rosenfeld sued the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the government) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain information about FBI investigations of several individuals and 1960s protests at the University of California, Berkeley. The government appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment, which ordered the government to release various documents it sought to withhold under FOIA exemptions.
I. Background and Proceedings Below
From late 1981 through early 1984, Rosen-feld filed requests with the Federal…
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