Legal Opinion
Cook v. Food & Drug Administration
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 23, 2013No. 12-5176, 12-5266PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Senior Circuit Judge:
A group of prisoners on death row in Arizona, California, and Tennessee sued the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the official in charge of each agency (collectively, the FDA) for allowing state correctional departments to import sodium thiopental (thiopental), a misbranded and unapproved new drug used in lethal injection protocols, in violation of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), 21 U.S.C. § 381(a), and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by54 opinions
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