United States DC Circuit

Appellants alleged sufficient injury for standing by claiming that the Department of Agriculture's failure to comply with the Administrative Procedure Act and the Food Security Act, in its implementation of a payment-in-kind program for a sugar crop by press release (without notice and comment), caused them injury by increasing the supply of U.S. sugar.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/11/2002
• Decided 05/10/2002
• Published 05/10/2002

Judges

• Before:  TATEL and GARLAND, Circuit Judges, and SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Raymond B. Ludwiszewski argued the cause for appellants.   With him on the briefs were Peter E. Seley and Hassan A. Zavareei.


• For Appellees:
  
• David J. Ball, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for appellees.   With him on the brief were Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant United States Attorney., William Bradford Reynolds and John F. Bruce were on the brief for amicus curiae United States Beet Sugar Association in support of appellees.