WALKER v. CHENEY

No. CIV.A.02-0340 JDB.

230 F.Supp.2d 51 (2002)

David M. WALKER, Comptroller General of the United States, Plaintiff, v. Richard B. CHENEY, Vice President of the United States and Chair, National Energy Policy Development Group, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

As Amended December 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter G. Philips, Michael A. Nemeroff, Joseph R. Guerra, Gia B. Lee, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Washington, DC, Anthony H. Gamboa, Gary L. Kepplinger, Lynn H. Gibson, Joan M. Hollenbach, Susan D. Sawtelle, General Accounting Office, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Theodore B. Olson, Robert McCalllum, Jr., Paul D. Clement, Shannen W. Coffin, Thomas Millet, David B. Salmons, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BATES, District Judge.

This case raises compelling statutory and constitutional questions concerning the authority of the Comptroller General, and hence Congress, to require the Vice President to produce information relating to the President's decision-making on national energy policy. Each side casts its position in core constitutional terms invoking competing theories of the proper balance of power between the Legislative and...

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