Legal Opinion
Freedom Watch, Inc. v. Obama
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 15, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2009-2398PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD W. ROBERTS, District Judge.
Plaintiff Freedom Watch sued the President of the United States, an entity styled in the complaint as the Obama Health Reform De Facto Advisory Committee (“OHRDFAC”), and the unknown non-federal employee members of that committee for alleged violations of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (“FACA”), codified at 5 U.S.C. app. 2, seeking access to information about the membership and meetings of the OHRDFAC. The defendants move for summary judgment 1 on Freedom Watch’s claim for minutes of the committee’s past meetings arguing that the…
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