DOW CHEMICAL v. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COM'N

No. 781166.

459 F.Supp. 378 (1978)

DOW CHEMICAL, USA, An operating unit of the Dow Chemical Co. Diamond Shamrock Corp., Ethyl Corporation, PPG Industries, Inc., Stauffer Chemical Company, Vulcan Materials Company, v. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

November 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore L. Garrett and Corinne A. Goldstein, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., Gene W. Lafitte, John M. Wilson, J. Berry St. John, Jr., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., George H. Robinson, Jr., Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, La., Oliver P. Stockwell, Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiffs.

Frances O. Allen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., John R. Fleder, Consumer Affairs Section, Antitrust Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Margaret A. Freeston, Acting Gen. Counsel, D. Stephen Lemberg, Asst. Gen. Counsel, David Melnick, Atty., Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C., for defendants.


OPINION

VERON, District Judge.

This action challenges certain regulations promulgated on June 13, 1978 by the Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC") pursuant to the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2051 et seq. and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1261 et seq., because the CPSC failed to follow the notice and comment provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 553(b), (c). Published...

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