United States DC Circuit

The Vice President and other defendants in a suit under the Federal Advisory Committee Act failed to satisfy the heavy burden required to justify the remedy of mandamus, and a challenge to district court rulings can be fully considered on appeal following final judgment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/27/2005
• Decided 07/08/2003
• Published 07/08/2003

Judges

• RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge., Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS, SENTELLE, RANDOLPH, ROGERS, TATEL, GARLAND, and ROBERTS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul D. Clement, Acting Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for petitioners.   With him on the briefs were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney, Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Gregory G. Katsas, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, David B. Salmons and Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Assistants to the Solicitor General, and Mark B. Stern, Thomas M. Bondy, and Michael S. Raab, Attorneys.  Eric D. Miller, Attorney, and Shannen W. Coffin entered appearances.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sanjay Narayan and Paul J. Orfanedes argued the cause for respondents Sierra Club and Judicial Watch, Inc. With them on the brief were Alex Levinson, David Bookbinder, Roger Adelman, and James F. Peterson., David Overlook Stewart, Thomas M. Susman, and Stacy J. Dawson were on the brief of amici curiae American Association for Law Libraries, et al. in support of respondents.