Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine v. Glickman, 117 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2000)
Case Summary:
We assisted the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in a challenge to the federal advisory committee responsible for drafting the national nutritional guidelines. The lawsuit, which was brought in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, charged that the committee was dominated by corporate interests and failed to apprise the public of its activities, in violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and the Freedom of Information Act. The district court agreed that, in withholding information about the committee's operations, and members' conflicts, the government had violated FACA and FOIA, and the government elected not to appeal this decision.
Plaintiffs: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Black Vegetarian Society of Georgia, ECE Acadamy, New Approach Health Foods, Inc., and individuals.
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia