Legal Opinion

Leaf Tobacco Exporters Ass'n v. Block

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided December 5, 1984No. 83-2145PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

The Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association, Inc. and its forty-seven member companies challenge here the decision of the Secretary of Agriculture to permit a growers’ cooperative to sell its tobacco directly to foreign purchasers. The District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina dismissed the exporters’ claims for want of standing. Because Congress intended the price support program to assist tobacco farmers, we agree with the District Court that the exporters' claims do not fall within the zone of interests created by the relevant statutes. Thus we affirm…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. A.H. Robins Co. v. PiccininCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
  2. Lawton Chiles, Jr., Bob Martinez, Metropolitan Dade County, Intervenors-Appellants v. Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
  3. A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated v. Anna Piccinin, and Nancy Campbell, Kathryn Conrad, Jeanette Dicharry, Vernon Dicharry, Luisa Mosa, Stella J. Camp, John H. Camp, Helen Barnett, Michael Barnett, and Edna Lindsey Ruminiski, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Intervenor/appellee. In Re A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor. A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated v. Committee Representatives of Dalkon Shield Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Intervenor/appellee. In Re A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Debtor. A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated v. Kathryn Conrad, Luisa and Jack Mosa, in Re A.H. Robins Company, Inc., Debtor. A.H. Robins Company, Inc. v. Anna PiccininCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
  4. Tap Pharmaceuticals v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Health Care Financing Administration Palmetto Government Benefits AdministratorsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
  5. Canadian Lumber Trade Alliance v. United StatesUnited States Court of International Trade · 2006

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