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· 2/28/1978

Daniel Nix v. United States

Citations

  • 572 F.2d 998
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 12389

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  • withholding under 7(C) name of physician who reported to FBI on prisoner’s medical condition and treatment
  • risk of reprisal faced by guards and prison inmates who informed on guards who allegedly beat another inmate supported finding of implied assurance of confidentiality
  • “[A]n award of attorney's fees is not automatic, but is to be made where doing so will encourage fulfillment of the purposes of FOIA.”

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Judges: Craven, Widener, Copenhaver

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