DE LAURENTIIS v. HAIG

Civ. A. No. 81-0687.

528 F.Supp. 601 (1981)

Anselmo DE LAURENTIIS and Fiorinda De Laurentiis v. Honorable Alexander M. HAIG, Jr., Secretary of State.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Orlow, Lawrence H. Rudnick, Wasserman, Orlow, Ginsberg & Rubin, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Peter F. Vaira, Jr., U.S. Atty., Antoinette R. Stone, Asst. U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


OPINION

EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.

I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

A. Introduction

This case presents the question whether the Freedom of Information Act ["FOIA"], 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1976), exempts from its general mandate of disclosure certain United States Department of State documents pertaining to the denial of an immigrant visa request.1 Plaintiffs are Dr. Anselmo De Laurentiis, an Italian citizen...

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