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HINTON v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

No. 81-740.

527 F.Supp. 223 (1981)

William H. HINTON v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION and William Webster, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

November 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Levine, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Richard Stout, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, William Hinton, whose widely-read and informative book Fanshen chronicles life in the Chinese village of Long Bow during that country's revolution, brings this action pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., to compel disclosure of all records in the custody of defendant, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which relate to his activities over a thirty...

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