The DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Barbara BLUM et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, N. D.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 12, 1979.
April 12, 1979.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Herbert H. Edwards, James N. O'Connor, Michael J. Traynor, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Mich., Rudolf H. Schroeter, LaFollette, Johnson, Schroeter & Dettaas, Los Angeles, Cal., for Dow Chemical Co.
Allen A. Lauterbach, Gen. Counsel, Park Ridge, Ill., C. David Mayfield, John J. Rademacher, Asst. Legal Counsels, Park Ridge, Ill., for American Farm Bureau Federation.
Anthony P. Brown, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., for Western Timber Association, Chevron Chemical, National Aborists Association, Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
Allen T. Malone, Apperson, Crump, Duzane & Maxwell, Memphis, Tenn., for Vertac, Inc., National Railroad Contractors Assoc., National Agriculture Aviation Assoc., Bartlett Tree Co., The Davey Tree Expert Co.
Ronald A. Zumbrun, Raymond M. Momboisse, Eileen B. White, Pacific Legal Foundation, Washington, D. C., for Southern Oregon Resources Alliance, Oregon Women For Timber.
Manley B. Strayer, Phillip D. Chadsey, Davies, Biggs, Strayer, Stoel & Boley, Portland, Or., for Industrial Forestry Association.
Richard Dec. Hinds, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D. C., for United States Steel Corp.
J. Evan Goulding, Friedman, Hill & Robbins, Denver, Colo., O. Russell Armstrong, Davis & McLeod, Washington, D. C., for National Cattlemen's Association.
Robert C. Klevorn, Boyne City, Mich., for Northern Michigan Electric Cooperative, Michigan Electric Cooperative Association.
Joseph E. Stevens, Jr., Lathrop, Koontz, Righter, Clagett, Parker & Norquist, Kansas City, Mo., for the Andersons.
James H. Eddleman, Springfield, Ill., for Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives.
Eugene N. Buchheit, Louisville, Ky., for Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives, Inc.
Michael S. Winer, Ellen Siegler, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D. C., for Barbara Blum.
Donald W. Stever, Jr., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D. C., for Douglas Costle.
Joan M. Cloonan, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Pollution Control Section, Washington, D. C., for John McGuire, Environmental Protection Agency.
Edward W. Warren, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.
United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, N. D.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JAMES HARVEY, District Judge.
On March 6, 1979, plaintiffs brought this action seeking judicial review of a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to order an emergency ban of two herbicides manufactured primarily by the plaintiff Dow Chemical Company (Dow). The herbicides are commonly known as 2,4,5-T and Silvex. In ordering the ban, EPA was acting, for the first time, pursuant to its emergency powers under Section...
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