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James V. Hurson Associates, Inc. v. Glickman

229 F.3d 277 (2000)

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James V. Hurson Associates, Inc. v. Glickman

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
229 F.3d 277 (2000)

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Facts

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (defendant) was responsible for reviewing the labels that commercial food producers sought to attach to their products. A commercial food producer was permitted to submit a proposed label to the USDA in a number of ways: by mail, by personal visit, or by hiring courier/expediter firms to meet directly with the USDA. This last method was known as “face-to-face.” Without engaging in notice-and-comment rulemaking, the USDA later enacted a rule that eliminated the face-to-face option. Subsequently, James V. Hurson Associates, Inc. (Hurson) (plaintiff), a courier/expediter firm, brought suit against the USDA, contending that the USDA violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by failing to follow notice-and-comment requirements. The district court ruled in favor of the USDA on the notice-and-comment claim. Hurson appealed.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Sentelle, J.)

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