MILICE v. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COM'N

No. 21-1071.

2 F.4th 994 (2021)

Lisa MILICE, Petitioner, v. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 2, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jared McClain argued the cause for Milice. With him on the briefs was Peter L. Strauss.

Courtney L. Dixon , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Ethan P. Davis , Acting Assistant Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, Scott R. Mcintosh , Attorney, and J. Gibson Mullan , then-General Counsel, Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Kelly M. Klaus , Rose Leda Ehler , Rachel G. Miller-Ziegler , and J. Blake Cunningham were on the brief for amici curiae American National Standards Institute, et al. in support of respondent. Gary D. Sesser entered an appearance.

J. Kevin Fee and Michael E. Kenneally were on the brief for amicus curiae American Society for Testing and Materials in support of respondent.

Nina A. Mendelson , Allison M. Zieve , and Adina H. Rosenbaum were on the brief for amici curiae Administrative Law Professors in support of neither party.

Before: Rogers, Millett and Wilkins, Circuit Judges.


This case comes to the court as a broadside attack on the practice of federal agencies incorporating privately drafted technical standards into their regulations by reference. In September 2019, the Consumer Product Safety Commission revised its safety standard for infant bath seats, stating: "Each infant bath seat shall comply...

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