Legal Opinion
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Donna Shalala, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 13, 1995No. 94-5322PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion concurring in the result filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge:
In May of 1994, the Animal Legal Defense Fund and two other organizations dedicated to the promotion of animal welfare (collectively “ALDF”) brought this action in District Court under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, seeking to gain access to the meetings of a committee (“Revision Committee”) created by the National Academy of Sciences to revise the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. In October of 1994, ALDF filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, which it subsequently amended,…
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