Legal Opinion
Heartwood, Inc. v. United States Forest Service
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 21, 2006No. Civ.A. 02-1898(RWR)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROBERTS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Mark Donham and Heartwood, Inc. sued the United States Forest Service (“USFS”) to compel the release of draft chapters of an ecological assessment under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (“FACA”) after the USFS denied their initial request for the drafts. The USFS moved for summary judgment on both the FOIA and the FACA requests. In response, plaintiffs Heartwood and Donham filed a cross-motion for summary judgment. Because the drafts were developed by the Hoosier-Shawnee Ecological Analysis…
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