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DOW CHEMICAL v. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COM'N

Civ. A. No. 781166.

464 F.Supp. 904 (1979)

DOW CHEMICAL, USA, an Operating Unit of the Dow Chemical Company, Diamond Shamrock Corp., Ethyl Corporation, PPG Industries, Inc., Stauffer Chemical Company, Vulcan Materials Company, Louisiana Chemical Association v. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION.

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

February 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Charles R. McConachie, Chief, Consumer Affairs Section, Antitrust Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., J. Ransdall Keene, U. S. Atty., Frances O. Allen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for defendants; Margaret A. Freeston, Acting Gen. Counsel, D. Stephen Lemberg, Asst. Gen. Counsel, David M. Melnick, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

MEMORANDUM RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

VERON, District Judge.

This court on September 28, 1978 issued a preliminary injunction, pending a final determination on the merits, prohibiting the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) from provisionally classifying perchloroethylene or any other consumer product pursuant to the regulations promulgated by the CPSC on June 13, 1978, 43 Fed. Reg.25658665. In our opinion dated November 1, 1978...

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