COALITION FOR MERCURY-FREE DRUGS v. SEBELIUS

No. 11-5035.

671 F.3d 1275 (2012)

COALITION FOR MERCURY-FREE DRUGS (CoMed, Inc.), A Non-Profit Organization, et al., Appellants, v. Kathleen SEBELIUS, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Reeves argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was James S. Turner .

Henry C. Whitaker , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. On the brief were Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Ronald C. Machen, Jr. , U.S. Attorney, and Douglas N. Letter and Catherine Y. Hancock , Attorneys. R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered an appearance.

Aaron Colangelo and Vivian H.W. Wang were on the brief for amicus curiae Natural Resources Defense Council in support of neither party.

Before: ROGERS and KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH.

KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge:

The Coalition for Mercury-Free Drugs opposes the use of vaccines that contain thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative. The Coalition believes that vaccines containing mercury harm young children and pregnant women. The Coalition and several of its members sued to suspend Food and Drug Administration approval of thimerosal-preserved...

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