Nader v. Sawhill’s Empirical Analysis
1974
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Applies 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Barbour · DeRieux v. Five Smiths, Inc. · Pacific Coast Meat Jobbers Ass'n v. Cost of Living Council · Reeves v. Simon · Mandel v. Simon
Most-quoted passages
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“There is clearly a rational basis for the conclusions conscientiously and deliberately arrived at and it is of no consequence that others could have reached a different decision or decided to follow a different approach based on a different economic analysis. . The knowledge of past regulatory efforts and their purpose and effect and shifts in supplies affecting the price structure were all properly weighed and the standards governing the action under 203(a) of the Economic Stabilization Act were given proper consideration.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nader v. Sawhill
How this case has been treated — in progress
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