Assassination Archives and Research Center v. Department of Justice

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• holding that the \JFK Act does not create an implied private right of action for the release of documents and that the substantive standards for the release of documents under the JFK Act cannot be grafted onto FOIA's procedures\
• “There is no evidence that Congress intended that the JFK Act standards be applied to FOIA review of documents involving -the Kennedy assassination.”
• \There is no evidence that Congress intended that the JFK Act standards be applied to FOIA review of documents involving the Kennedy assassination.\
• \Congress evidently hoped that prompt administrative application of the Act's broader criteria for release would moot considerable FOIA litigation and would benefit those FOIA requesters who had long sought access to assassination records.\

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