PETRY v. BLOCK

No. 83-1612.

737 F.2d 1193 (1984)

Joanna PETRY, et al., Appellants, v. John BLOCK, Secretary of Agriculture, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen A. McKee, Alexandria, Va., for appellants.

Freddi Lipstein, 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 E. Kopp, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Leonard Schaitman and Nicholas S. Zeppos, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances, for appellees.

Paula Roberts and Barbara Milstein, Washington, D.C., were on the brief of amicus curiae urging reversal.

Before WALD, BORK and STARR, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

STARR, Circuit Judge:

This case presents procedural and substantive challenges to a rule implementing reductions in federal spending which were mandated by Congress in the summer of 1981. Appellants are participants in the Child Care Food Program, a federal financial assistance program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture. They brought this action in June 1982, challenging a regulation...

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