Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. United States Food & Drug Administration
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 15, 2013No. Docket 11-422-cvPublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Hellerstein, J.), granting summary judgment to defendants the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), Kathleen Sebelius, and Margaret Hamburg (collectively, the “government”). At issue is whether NRDC has standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution to bring this action to compel FDA to finalize its regulation of triclosan and triclocarban, two chemicals used in over-the-counter antiseptic antimicrobial…
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