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· 5/17/2004

National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish

Citations

  • 541 U.S. 1057
  • 72 U.S.L.W. 3712
  • 124 S. Ct. 2198
  • 158 L. Ed. 2d 759
  • 2004 U.S. LEXIS 3640

About this case

National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish

National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish et al., 541 U.S. 157 (2004) is a United States Supreme Court ruling about the Freedom of Information Act concerning the release of photos surrounding the suicide of Vince Foster , then Deputy White House Counsel .[1] The court ruled unanimously that a family has the right to invoke a deceased individual's right to privacy and the unwarranted invasion of privacy exception in the Act must have evidence of improper conduct to overturn the exception.[2]

References

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  1. "National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish" . _Oyez Project _. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  2. Bemis, Lauren (October 15, 2005). "Balancing a Citizen's Right to Know with the Privacy of an Innocent Family: The Expansion of the Scope of Exemption 7(C) of the Freedom of Information Act under National Archives & Records" . Freedom of Information Act Under National Archives and Records Administration V Favish. 25: 507–543.

See also

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