Legal Opinion
Professional Plant Growers Ass'n v. Department of Agriculture
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 8, 1996No. Civil Action No. 95-0293 (JR)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ROBERTSON, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a trade association whose members include growers of ornamental potted plants, challenges an amendment by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of its regulation 7 C.F.R. § 319.37-8, governing the importation of certain potted plants. The amendment permits the importation, in specified types of growing media, of four plant genera that could previously be imported only with bare roots. The regulatory question for APHIS, which APHIS answered in the negative, was whether importation in growing media…
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