Researchers Urge Ninth Circuit to Order Release of All JFK Assassination Records

Foundation asks appeals court to overturn dismissal and compel National Archives to release withheld documents on Kennedy’s 1963 assassination.

Seen through the foreground convertible's windshield, President John F. Kennedy's hand reaches toward his head within seconds of being fatally shot as first lady Jacqueline Kennedy holds his forearm as the motorcade proceeds along Elm Street past the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. James W. "Ike" Altgens/AP Photo

Researchers on Nov. 13 urged the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to order the release of withheld documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The Mary Ferrell Foundation is seeking to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of their case, which aims to compel the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to disclose the remaining assassination-related records.