Legal Opinion
Center for Science in the Public Interest v. Department of the Treasury
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 5, 1986No. Nos. 85-6133, 85-6155PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.
WALD, Chief Judge:
For more than a decade, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (“CSPI”) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (“BATF”) have been sparring over the need to disclose ingredients on the labels of alcoholic beverages. BATF finally adopted an ingredient disclosure rule in 1980, but rescinded it in 1981; the recission was reversed by the District Court in 1983 but, after a round of legal maneuvers, BATF substantially rescinded the rule again later that year. Although we reject several of BATF’s stated reasons for the…
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