Legal Opinion

Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided April 11, 2003No. 02-5032PublishedCited by 140 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from an investigation by appellee Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC” or “the Commission”) of automatic sprinkler heads manufactured by appellant Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company (“Reliable”). Commission com pliance officials informed Reliable that they intended to make a preliminary determination that the sprinkler heads present a “substantial product hazard” as defined by the Consumer Product Safety Act (“the Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 2064(a). They also requested Reliable to…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Califano v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Bennett v. SpearSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. St. Francis Xavier Parochial School and St. Francis Xavier ChurchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
  5. Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by140 opinions

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