Legal Opinion
Harold Weisberg v. U.S. Department of Justice, (Two Cases). Harold Weisberg v. U.S. Department of Justice. (Two Cases)
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 5, 1984No. 82-1229, 82-1274, 83-1722 and 83-1764PublishedCited by 784 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.
STARR, Circuit Judge:
This Freedom of Information Act suit concerns a nine-year quest for information from the Department of Justice (“the Department” or “DOJ”) and its various components with respect to the investigation of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In these cross-appeals, the parties challenge various orders of the District Court. Appellant and cross-appellee Harold Weisberg 1 challenges the District Court’s rulings that the Department performed an adequate and good-faith search of its records; that the FOIA exemptions…
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