In an action claiming that the Department of Commerce (DOC) violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) by failing to document aspects of the North American Competitiveness Council’s meetings, dismissal of the action is reversed where plaintiff had standing to pursue the action because the DOC was subject to an array of FACA obligations concerning the Council and its sub-groups that were entirely within its power to discharge, and thus the DOC had the power to redress the failure to disclose the information at issue.
Read Judicial Watch, Inc. v. US Dept. of Commerce, No. 08-5490
Appellate Information
Argued September 21, 2009
Decided October 9, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Williams
Counsel
For Appellant:
James F. Peterson and Paul J. Orfanedes, Washington, DC
For Appellee:
Abby C. Wright, Tony West, Mark B. Stern, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
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