· 10/26/1999
Accuracy in Media, Inc. v. National Park Service
Citations
- 194 F.3d 120
- 338 U.S. App. D.C. 330
- 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 26836
- 1999 WL 969262
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the court “squarely rejected the proposition that FOIA’s protection of personal privacy ends upon the death of the individual depicted”
- noting “the powerful sense of invasion bound to be aroused in close survivors by wanton publication of gruesome details of death by violence”
- explaining that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA
- explaining that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA
- “[O]ur circuit has squarely rejected the proposition that FOIA’s protection of personal privacy ends upon the death of the individual depicted [at the location of his death and during his autopsy].”
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Judges: Edwards, Wald, Williams
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