Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. United States Food & Drug Administration
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 24, 2014No. Docket Nos. 12-2106-cv(L), 12-3607-cv(CON)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge KATZMANN dissents in a separate opinion.
GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge: magistrate judge.
*152For nearly seventy years, antibiotics have provided dramatic medical advances in the treatment of bacterial infections.1 *153For nearly as long, scientists have been concerned about the problem of antibiotic resistance. Through repeated exposure to antibiotics, some strains of bacteria develop resistance or immunity to particular antibiotics. Such resistance presents a serious threat to human health. Infections in humans caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria result, on average, in longer…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- United States v. Mead Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Heckler v. ChaneySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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