Legal Opinion
Cutler v. Kennedy
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 16, 1979No. Civ. A. 77-0734PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SIRICA, District Judge.
This action presents a consumer challenge to regulations adopted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for policing the nation’s over-the-counter (OTC) drug market. Although the original plaintiffs— Health Research Group and Public Citizen — were dismissed as parties for lack of standing, the Court allowed an amendment of the complaint which effectively substituted three individual OTC drug consumers as parties plaintiff. Health Research Group v. Kennedy, 82 F.R.D. 21 (D.D.C.1979).
The defendants, FDA Commissioner Donald Kennedy and the Proprietary…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Baur v. VenemanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. Richardson-Vicks, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Mimi Cutler, Stephen D. Annand and National Council of Senior Citizens v. Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Community Nutrition Institute v. John R. Block, Secretary, United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- United States v. An Article of Drug Consisting of 4,680 Pails, More or Less, Each Pail Containing 60 Packets, Etc., Pfizer, Inc., Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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