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IRONS v. F.B.I.

Civ. A. No. 82-1143-G.

571 F.Supp. 1241 (1983)

Peter IRONS et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

October 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Greer, Cambridge, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Marianne Bowler, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GARRITY, District Judge.

This case involves the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Plaintiffs Peter Irons and Melvin Lewis, both recognized legal scholars and historians, requested from the defendant a large volume of documents relating to the Smith Act prosecutions of leaders of the Communist party. They also requested a fee waiver of the duplication costs of the documents, under 5 U.S.C. § 552, on the ground that their research...

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