Patterson ex rel. Patterson v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1990-01-08

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OPINION OF THE COURT MANSMANN, Circuit Judge. These appeals were born of the ambitious efforts of a sixth grade elementary school student who, in the lawful exercise of his constitutional rights, caused himself to be the subject of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”). The appeals constitute yet another illustration of the competing need for disclosure of information by government a…

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