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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE v. U. S. DEPT. OF AGR.

Civ. A. No. 78-1515.

459 F.Supp. 216 (1978)

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF the UNITED STATES et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Rill, Philip C. Olsson, Richard E. Schwartz, Kathleen McDermott, Collier, Shannon, Rill, Edwards & Scott, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Mary A. McReynolds, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States Dept. of Agriculture.

Charles E. Hill, Charles R. Halpern, Washington, D. C., for defendant Consumer Federation of America.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FLANNERY, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, opposed by defendants. It presents a significant question of administrative law: whether in the absence of explicit statutory authority a federal agency can fund a study by a consumer group of the probable impact of proposed rules upon consumers. The court believes it can, and will deny the motion for a preliminary injunction...

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