United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
1989 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 489 U.S. 749 (1989), was a case before the United States Supreme Court.
Quick Facts United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Argued December 7, 1988 Decided March 22, 1989 ...
United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press | |
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Argued December 7, 1988 Decided March 22, 1989 | |
Full case name | United States Department of Justice, et al. v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. |
Citations | 489 U.S. 749 (more) 109 S. Ct. 1468; 103 L. Ed. 2d 774; 57 U.S.L.W. 4373; 16 Media L. Rep. 1545 |
Case history | |
Prior | 816 F.2d 730, opinion modified and rehearing denied, 831 F.2d 1124 (D.C. Cir. 1987) (reversed) |
Holding | |
Disclosure of the contents of an FBI rap-sheet to a third party "could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy" within the meaning of Exemption 7(C), and therefore is prohibited by that Exemption | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Stevens, joined by Rehnquist, White, Marshall, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy |
Concurrence | Blackmun (in judgment), joined by Brennan |
Laws applied | |
Freedom of Information Act |
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