COMMUNITY NUTRITION INSTITUTE v. BLOCK

No. 82-2494.

749 F.2d 50 (1984)

COMMUNITY NUTRITION INSTITUTE, et al., Appellants, v. John R. BLOCK, Secretary of Agriculture, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine A. Meyer, Washington, D.C., with whom Alan B. Morrison, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellants.

Susan M. Chalker, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C. (at the time the brief was filed) and Robert S. Greenspan, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees Block, et al.

Philip C. Olsson, Washington, D.C., with whom Richard L. Frank and Gary Jay Kushner, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees, Western States Meat Ass'n, et al.

Before WILKEY, BORK and SCALIA, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SCALIA.

SCALIA, Circuit Judge:

This case, involving legal requirements for the content and labeling of meat products such as frankfurters, affords a rare opportunity to explore simultaneously both parts of Bismarck's aphorism that "No man should see how laws or sausages are made." At issue are regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture1 prescribing labeling requirements...

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