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· 12/20/1983

Michele Levesque v. John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture, Michele Levesque v. John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture, Richard A. Chevrefils

Citations

  • 723 F.2d 175
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 14292

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that the interpretive rule and good-cause exceptions would still apply to rulemaking under the Food Stamp Act
  • recognizing that the interpretive rule and good-cause exceptions would still apply to rulemaking under the Food Stamp Act
  • affirming in relevant part the district court's injunction based on finding that the challenged regulation failed to comply with the notice and comment rule
  • affirming in relevant part the district court’s injunction, as the regulation failed to comply with the notice and comment rule without good cause
  • rejecting a post hoc argument that notice and comment was not required to implement a rule promulgated by the Department of Agriculture
  • no good cause where Congress wanted agency to act “with dispatch” in promulgating food stamp regulation revisions, but did not specify a time deadline

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Judges: Campbell, McGOWAN, Selya

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