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BLACK v. SHERATON CORP. OF AMERICA

No. 75-2039.

564 F.2d 531 (1977)

Fred B. BLACK, Jr. v. SHERATON CORPORATION OF AMERICA et al. Appeal of UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil R. Peterson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., and John J. Farley, III, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Gerald S. Rourke, Washington, D. C., for appellee, Black. Samuel M. Bradley and Edward P. Morgan, Washington, D. C., were also on the brief for appellee, Black.

Peter R. Sherman, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellee, Sheraton Corp. of America, et al.

Before LEVENTHAL, ROBINSON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge.

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff is a Washington lobbyist who fell from grace in 1963-64. Plaintiff claims that his loss of employment and reputation was caused by government dissemination of information gained from an illegal eavesdrop in 1963. Plaintiff sought discovery of certain government documents in order to prove this theory. The government, which had disclosed logs of its surveillance and...

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