· 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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