The D.C. Circuit found on Tuesday that the Sierra Club and Judicial Watch failed to establish that the federal government had a legal duty to produce documents detailing the White House's contacts with business executives and lobbyists. The two groups had sought to force Vice President Dick Cheney to reveal details about an energy policy task force he headed and its recommendations. The groups argued that the task force was a federal advisory committee with an obligation to disclose its operations.
May 11, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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A lawsuit seeking to force Vice President Dick Cheney to reveal details about the energy policy task force he headed and the pro-industry recommendations it made was dismissed Tuesday by a federal appeals court.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously found that two private groups that sued Cheney failed to establish that the federal government had a legal duty to produce documents detailing the White House’s contacts with business executives and lobbyists.
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