JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. v. FOOD & DRUG ADMIN.

No. 05-5256.

449 F.3d 141 (2006)

JUDICIAL WATCH, INC., Appellant v. FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 2, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meredith L. Di Liberto argued the cause for appellant. With her on the briefs was Paul J. Orfanedes.

Fred E. Haynes, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellees Food & Drug Administration. With him on the brief were Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, Michael J. Ryan, and Eric M. Blumberg, Deputy Chief Counsel, Food & Drug Administration. R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered an appearance.

Nancy L. Buc, Kate C. Beardsley, and Carmen M. Shepard were on the brief for appellees Population Council, Inc. and Danco Laboratories, LLC.

Before: SENTELLE, HENDERSON and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

SENTELLE, Circuit Judge.

Judicial Watch filed an action in the District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking enforcement of its Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request for all documents related to the Food and Drug Administration's ("FDA") approval of the drug mifepristone. It now appeals from the District Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the FDA. Although we affirm the District...

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