Legal Opinion
Center for Biological Diversity
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 11, 2022No. Civil Action No. 2021-1491Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 21-cv-1491 (CRC) v. U.S. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORP., Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION The Government in the Sunshine Act (“Sunshine Act”) requires that every meeting of a covered “agency” be conducted in public, with a handful of exceptions. 5 U.S.C. § 552b. In April 2020, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (“DFC”) published a rule, without notice and comment, exempting itself from the Sunshine Act and has since declined to notice and hold…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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