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National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish

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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 . 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.

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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.

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