Crimson Files Suit To Obtain Documents

BOSTON--The Crimson filed suit in U.S. District Court here yesterday to obtain documents used by the Department of Education in connection with its recently concluded probe into Harvard College's admissions policy toward Asian Americans.

In a brief hearing yesterday afternoon, Judge Douglas P. Woodlock, Jr., instructed Assistant U.S. Attorney Judith Yogman to tell the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) not to turn any more documents over to Harvard until the Crimson's request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) could be processed.

Crimson Senior Editor Joshua A. Gerstein '91-'92 submitted a FOIA request in November, 1988 for all documents pertaining to the compliance review. The newspaper filed suit after learning that the OCR was planning to return data tapes and other information to the University, despite the FOIA request.