Salt Institute and the Chamber of Commerce v. Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS

01. A) Complaint 03/31/2004

B) Chamber of Commerce & Salt Institute Request for Correction 05/14/2003

C) NHLBI Response to Request for Correction 08/19/2003

D) NHLBI Response to FOIA Request 09/03/2003

E) Chamber of Commerce & Salt Institute Information Quality Appeal 09/22/2003

F) NHLBI Response to Appeal 02/11/2004

02. Financial Interest Disclosure Statement 03/31/2004

03. Agreed Order 05/27/2005

04. First Amended Complaint 06/10/2004

05. Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss 06/25/2004

06. A) Memorandum in Support of Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss 06/25/2004 (Part 1)

B) Memorandum in Support of Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss 06/25/2004 (Part 2)

07. Notice of Hearing 06/25/2004

08. Agreed Order 06/25/2004

09. A.P1) Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (Part 1) 07/15/2004

A.P2) Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (Part 2) 07/15/2004

B) Appendix: Data Quality Act

C) Appendix: Federal Register – OMB: Data Quality Guidelines

10. Motion for Leave to Substitute Corrected Brief 07/16/2004

11. P1) Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (Part 1)

P2) Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (Part 2)

12. Order for Pretrial Conference 08/02/2004

13. A) Reply Memorandum in Support of Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss

B) The American Journal of Cardiology Article “A Further Subgroup Analysis of the Effects of the DASH Diet and Three Dietary Sodium Levels in Blood Pressure: Results of the DASH-Sodium Trial” 07/15/2004

14. Declaration of Nancy L. Geller, Director of Biostatistics Research, NHLIB 08/03/2004

15. Emergency Motion For Continuance and Leave to File Sur-Response 08/05/2004

16. Memorandum of Law in Support Plaintiff’s Emergency Motion for Continuance of the Hearing and Leave to File Sur-Response 08/05/2004

17. A) Defendant’s Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Emergency Motion for Continuance of the Hearing and Leave to File Sur-Response

B) Letter from E. White, DOJ attorney, to R. Rubinstein & M. Solomons, Plaintiff’s Attorneys 08/09/2005

18. Order that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Continuance and Leave to File Sur-Response is Granted 08/10/2004

19. Joint Report and Discovery Plan 08/13/2004

20. M. Solomons Application to Qualify as a Foreign Attorney 08/13/2004

21. Rule 16(b) Scheduling Order 08/18/2004

22. A) Plaintiffs Sur-Response to Defendant’s Reply in Support of His Motion to Dismiss 08/27/2004

B) Declaration of D. McCarron, M.D. 08/27/2004

23. Docket Proceedings as of 09/24/2004

24. P1) Memorandum Order that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is Granted 11/15/2004 (Part 1)

  P2) Memorandum Order that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is Granted 11/15/2004 (Part 2)

25. A) P1) Appellants Brief (Part 1) 04/15/2005

P2) Appellants Brief (Part 2)

P3) Appellants Brief (Part 3)

B) P1) OMB:Data Quality Act Guidelines

P2) HHS Data Quality Guidelines

P3) HHS Data Quality Guidelines for Administration for Children and Families

P4) NIH Data Quality Guidelines (Part 1)

P5) NIH Data Quality Guidelines (Part 2)

26. Appellee's Brief

27. NAHB Amicus Brief

28. Appellants' Reply Brief

29. GMA Amicus Brief

30. Fourth Circuit Opinion in Salt Institute v. Leavitt