ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND v. SHALALA

No. 94-5322.

53 F.3d 363 (1995)

ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, et al., Appellants v. Donna SHALALA, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1995.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric R. Glitzenstein, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Valerie J. Stanley.

Patricia A. Millett, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, argued the cause for the federal appellees. With her on the brief were Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Atty., Leonard Schaitman and Mark B. Stern, Attys., U.S. Dept. of Justice.

Richard A. Meserve, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellee Nat. Academy of Sciences. With him on the brief were John F. Duffy, James R. Wright and Audrey Byrd Mosley.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, WALD and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.


Opinion concurring in the result filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge:

In May of 1994, the Animal Legal Defense Fund and two other organizations dedicated to the promotion of animal welfare (collectively "ALDF") brought this action in District Court under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, seeking to gain access to the meetings of a committee ("Revision Committee") created by the National Academy of Sciences to revise the Guide for...

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