DART v. U.S.

No. 86-5715.

848 F.2d 217 (1988)

William Carlton DART, et al., Appellants v. UNITED STATES of America, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert MacCrate, New York City, Homer E. Moyer, Jr. and Frances J. Henderson, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for amicus curiae, American Bar Ass'n, urging reversal.

William D. Outman, II, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Mark B. Stern, Dept. of Justice, Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Robert S. Greenspan, Dept. of Justice, and Thomas C. Barbour, Atty. Advisor, Dept. of Commerce, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, MIKVA, Circuit Judge, and FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we are asked to determine whether an agency followed required procedures in an enforcement action against appellant. The issues are technical; they involve intricate questions of statutory interpretation and legislative history. We must even decide whether Congress' omission of a single word from a law is significant. Such details may not seem worthy of extended consideration...

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