Legal Opinion
Public Citizen, Inc. v. Department of Justice and National Archives and Records Administration
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 22, 1997No. 96-5226PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1994), Public Citizen seeks access to certain records maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration (“Archives”) and the Department of Justice. The records sought are communications between the two agencies and former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush relating to access to their respective presidential records.
The defendant agencies invoked FOIA’s Exemption 5, id. § 552(b)(5), governing “inter-agency or…
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