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· 4/8/1986

Reckitt & Colman, Ltd. v. Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, McNeil Pharmaceutical, Intervenor

Citations

  • 788 F.2d 22
  • 252 U.S. App. D.C. 120
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 23498

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  • noting that Administrator relied on definition of “deriva- tive” in Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia (5th ed. 1976) (defining term as expressing “the relation between certain known or hypothetical substances and the compound formed from them”)
  • upholding DEA’s interpretation of the “undefined and potentially ambiguous statutory term” “derivative” in the Controlled Substances Act

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Judges: Robinson, Mikva, Silberman

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