United States First Circuit

Grant of summary judgment denying a Freedom of Information Act request for third party documents filed in connection with the government's investigation and prosecution of plaintiff's business activities is affirmed where the third party had a privacy interest in preventing the revelation of material he provided to the investigation, and no public interest would be served through such revelation because reviewing the documents would tell the public nothing about the actions of the government in the investigation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/12/2006
• Published 12/12/2006

Judges

• SINGAL, District Judge., Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and SINGAL, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Malik W. Ghachem for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Michael Sullivan, United States Attorney, Leonard Schaitman and Steve Frank, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, were on brief for appellees.