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WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION v. AMERICAN BAR ASS'N

Civ. A. No. 85-3918.

648 F.Supp. 1353 (1986)

WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION STANDING COMMITTEE ON the FEDERAL JUDICIARY, Robert B. Fiske, Jr., Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr., Robert MacCrate, Jerome J. Shestack, James A. Howard, Sr., Gene W. Lafitte, John C. Elam, Joan M. Hall, James W. Hewitt, John Gavin, Samuel L. Williams, James A. Clark, M. Roland Nachman, Jr., John D. Lane, American Bar Association, William W. Falsgraf, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Popeo, Paul D. Kamenar, Alan M. Slobodin, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Rex E. Lee, Ronald S. Flagg, Sidley & Austin, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

In its complaint, the plaintiff, Washington Legal Foundation ("WLF"), has alleged that the Federal Advisory Committee Act ("FACA"), 5 U.S.C.App. II, and the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552, apply to defendants. For the reasons set forth below, defendants' motion to dismiss is granted.

I. Background

WLF is a non-profit public interest law center...

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