United States DC Circuit

Plaintiffs' suit, seeking documents from the National Energy Policy Development Group, is dismissed where they failed to establish any duty owed to them by the federal government under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/27/2005
• Decided 05/10/2005
• Published 05/10/2005

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.