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NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. v. N.R.C.

No. 99-1383.

216 F.3d 1180 (2000)

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 14, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Adelman argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Eric R. Glitzenstein and Howard Crystal.

Wendy M. Keats, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief were David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Leonard Schaitman, Attorney, and John F. Cordes, Solicitor, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.

GARLAND, Circuit Judge:

The National Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC)1 asks us to vacate a regulation, promulgated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, that defines the term "meeting" for purposes of the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552b. The Sunshine Act requires that gatherings of members of certain agencies be open to the public if they constitute...

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