This sucks.
WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered dismissal of 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.
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously found that two private groups that sued Cheney failed to establish that the federal government has a duty to produce documents detailing the White House's contacts with business executives and lobbyists.
The Sierra Club and Judicial Watch alleged that energy industry officials had in effect become part of Cheney's 2001 task force and that the panel was a federal advisory committee with an obligation to provide public disclosure about its operations.
The appeals court disagreed, saying "There is nothing to indicate that nonfederal employees had a right to vote on committee matters or exercise a veto over committee proposals."
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