Legal Opinion
Consumer Product Safety Commission v. Chance Manufacturing Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 23, 1977No. Civ. A. 77-1581PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has filed this action against the manufacturer and commercial operators of an amusement park ride known as the Zipper, on the ground that the Zipper is an “imminently hazardous consumer product” within the meaning of Section 12(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972, 15 U.S.C. § 2061(a) (Supp. III, 1973). Section 12(b)(1) empowers the District Court in which the CPSC files such an action to declare the product in question “imminently hazardous” and issue such temporary and permanent relief as…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. United States Consumer Product Safety CommissionDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1976
- Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. United States Consumer Product Safety CommissionDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1977
- Albert v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1974
- Shaw v. Fairyland at Harvey's Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Butcher v. Robertshaw Controls Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1981
- Asg Industries, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Flat Glass Association of Japan v. Consumer Product Safety CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- State Fair v. United States Consumer Products Safety CommissionDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1979
- Consumer Product Safety Commission v. Anaconda Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- The State Fair of Texas, Cross-Appellee, Steck & Stapf Attractions, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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