ELR Citation: ELR 20127
No(s). 04-5204 (D.C. Cir. Jun 17, 2005)

The court held that federal agencies may withhold from disclosure documents bearing upon the deliberative processes of the National Energy Policy Development Group (NEPDG) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Exemption 5. Although the NEPDG is not itself an "agency" subject to FOIA, FOI...