National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Inc. v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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• noting that an agency action that “simply explained something the statute already required” is likely to be an interpretation rather than an amendment (citation omitted)
• noting that filling in gaps and resolving inconsistencies in statutory scheme involves legislative rulemaking
• noting that filling in gaps and resolving inconsistencies in statutory scheme involves legislative rulemaking
• reinstating the district court’s injunction, based solely on the Circuit Court’s conclusion that the APA’s notice and comment procedure was not followed
• reinstating the district court's injunction after the Circuit Court ruled that the APA's notice and comment procedure was not followed
• finding legislative rule where the directives issuing the rule made no reference to defining regulatory terms as the purpose of the rule and the rule was based on a “previously unacknowledged concern”

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