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BETTER GOVERNMENT ASS'N v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Nos. 84-5723, 84-5928.

780 F.2d 86 (1986)

BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, et al. NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric R. Glitzenstein, with whom Alan B. Morrison and Cornish F. Hitchcock, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant in No. 84-5723.

John Bonine, Eugene, Or., for appellant in No. 84-5928. Michael Axline, Eugene, Or., was on brief, for appellant in No. 84-5928.

Deborah Ruth Kant, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees in Nos. 84-5723 and 84-5928.

Before WRIGHT and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated cases, the appellants, the Better Government Association ("BGA") and the National Wildlife Federation ("NWF"), challenge the validity of a set of guidelines promulgated by the Department of Justice ("DOJ"). These guidelines are utilized by the appellees, the Department of State...

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