Legal Opinion
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Ruckelshaus
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 7, 1971No. 23813PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge:
This is a petition for review of an order of the Secretary of Agriculture,1 refusing to suspend the federal registration of the pesticide DDT or to commence the formal administrative procedures that could terminate that registration. We conclude that the order was based on an incorrect interpretation of the controlling statute, and accordingly remand the case for further proceedings.
I
At the outset, we reject respondents’ contention that this court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the petition.8 The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Ro-denticide Act (FIFRA) provides that…
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