Chem Service, Inc. v. Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory-Cincinnati of the United States Environmental Protection Agency

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROTH, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from a dispute over three cooperative research and development agreements (“CRADAs”) entered into by the Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory-Cincinnati (“EMSL-CI”) of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). Chem Service, Inc., a non-party. to the CRADAs, brought suit against EMSL-CI, the laboratory’s director, and EPA, seeking to enjoin the government from performing certain functions agreed to under the CRADAs. The district court held that Chem Service lacked standing under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) to bring…