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BATES v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 1-89-0032.

767 F.Supp. 857 (1991)

Albert BATES, Stephen Gaskin, Plenty-USA and The Foundation v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE and United States of America.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Columbia Division.

Reconsideration Denied May 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Bates, Albert Bates Professional Corp., Summertown, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Michael L. Roden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Nashville, Tenn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

WISEMAN, Chief Judge.

This case involves a dispute over the scope of information exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(D) of the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). The plaintiffs have requested documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") that the Department of Justice ("Department") claims are statutorily exempt from disclosure pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(D).

Under exemption 7 of FOIA, documents may be...

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