Legal Opinion
Public Citizen v. Goyan
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 17, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-3372PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs 1 brought this action against the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare 2 for an order declaring that nitrites in bacon are a “color additive” within the meaning of the Color Additive Amendment to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 321(t)(1)). Two trade groups 3 were permitted to intervene.
A similar action had previously been brought in June 1978 by some of the same plaintiffs, but in that suit Judge Gesell granted summary judgment for the defendants,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McKart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- CHROMCRAFT CORPORATION, Petitioner-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Respondent-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- The Federal Trade Commission v. J. Weingarten, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Kent v. HardinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Public Citizen, Claudia Silverman and Sidney M. Wolfe v. Carol Tucker Foreman, Assistant Secretary, Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Davis v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2002