United States DC Circuit

Prior to promulgating a rule eliminating geographical restrictions upon certain activities of lenders within the Farm Credit System, to put them in competition with each other, the Farm Credit Administration was required to address plaintiff lenders' comments in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/08/2002
• Decided 07/29/2003
• Published 07/29/2003

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel Joseph argued the cause for appellants.   With him on the briefs was Beth Hirschfelder Wilensky.  C. Fairley Spillman entered an appearance.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edward Himmelfarb, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for federal appellees.   With him on the brief were Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., U.S. Attorney, and Robert S. Greenspan, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice., Kathleen C. Kauffman argued the cause for appellee First South Farm Credit, ACA.   With her on the brief were Nels J. Ackerson and L. Keith Parsons.