S.E.T.A. UNC-CH, Inc. v. Huffines

LEWIS, Judge.

On 14 January 1989, petitioner, Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill (hereinafter “SETA”), an incorporated, voluntary student organization, sought access to various documents of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (hereinafter “IACUC”) relating to the care and use of animals in scientific experiments. The respondent refused to provide the “application for approval” forms for four particular experiments submitted for review to the IACUC. The respondent also refused to provide copies of the minutes' of the IACUC…