· 2/4/1970
Mendez v. States Marine Lines, Inc.
Citations
- 421 F.2d 851
- 1970 A.M.C. 546
- 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 10874
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- holding that party who leaks information cannot use such disclosure to claim right openly to discuss that information
- holding that party who leaks information cannot use such disclosure to claim right openly to discuss that information
- noting that prior official disclosures \were the result of high level executive decisions that disclosure was in the public interest\
- addressing the court’s authority under FOIA to order the disclosure of classified information for publication in a book
- addressing the court’s authority under FOIA to order the disclosure of classified information for publication in a book
- “The District Judge properly held that classified information obtained by the CIA or the State Department was not in the public domain unless there had been official disclosure of it.”
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Judges: Freedman, McLaughlin
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