Legal Opinion
Washington Legal Foundation v. United States Sentencing Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 25, 1994No. 93-5216PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge MIKVA.
MIKVA, Chief Judge:
Appellant Washington Legal Foundation (“WLF”) seeks access to the deliberations and documents of a committee advising the United States Sentencing Commission. WLF claims a statutory entitlement under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (“FACA” or “Act”), which requires advisory committees to open their meetings and many of their records to the public. WLF also claims an independent common law right of access to the committee’s documents. We find that the committee at issue in this case is exempt from FACA, but we remand to the…
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