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· 3/23/1992

Joseph M. Nadler v. U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Citations

  • 955 F.2d 1479
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 5044
  • 1992 WL 41266

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • \Enabling the public to learn about the conduct of private citizens is not the type of public interest the FOIA was intended to serve.\
  • finding no cognizable interest in assessing the thoroughness of a government investigation where there is no showing the agency “failed to perform adequately its investigative function”
  • “Only the interest of the general public, and not that of the private litigant, is relevant to our inquiry.” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Tjoflat, Edmondson, Dyer

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