NADER v. SAWHILL

No. DC-31.

514 F.2d 1064 (1975)

Ralph NADER and Carl Nash, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Lefrak Organization, Inc., Intervenor-Appellant, v. John C. SAWHILL et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

April 11, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred L. Singer, Washington, D. C. (Alan B. Morrison, Washington, D. C., with him on the brief), for appellants.

Stanley R. Wolfe, Philadelphia, Pa. (David Berger, P.A., Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for intervenor-appellant.

C. Max Vassanelli, Dept. of Justice (Carla A. Hills, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, Stanley D. Rose, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellees.

Before TAMM, Chief Judge and HASTIE and ANDERSON, Judges.


TAMM, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants Ralph Nader and Carl Nash initiated this action in the District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the Cost of Living Council's (CLC) December 19, 1973 one dollar per barrel increase to the allowable price of "old" crude oil. District Court Judge Gesell held that CLC's decision was founded upon a rational basis, was not procedurally infirm, and accordingly, granted summary judgment for CLC's successor, defendant...

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