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FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, ETC. v. BELL

No. 78-1391.

603 F.2d 945 (1979)

The FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF WASHINGTON, D. C., INC., Appellant, v. Griffin B. BELL et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1979.

As Amended July 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl C. Dudley, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Kenneth G. Starling, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellant.

Joseph B. Scott, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees. Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and Leonard Schaitman and Emile L. Julian, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief for appellees.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, and McGOWAN and ROBB, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court per curiam.

PER CURIAM:

In February 1975 appellant, the Founding Church of Scientology (Church), submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)1 for all records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) pertaining to the Church, its related organizations, and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. Dissatisfied with the FBI's response,2 appellant filed this FOIA...

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