Legal Opinion
Joanna Petry v. John Block, Secretary of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 29, 1984No. 83-1612PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 1 adopted by the Secretary of Agriculture to implement certain provisions of the watershed Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (“OBRA”). 2
At the outset of this litigation, plaintiffs…
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- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union v. Raymond J. DonovanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
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