Food and Drug Admin. v.
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. case brief
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529 U.S. 120, 120 S. Ct.
1291, 146 L. Ed. 2d 121 (2000)
CASE SYNOPSIS: Petitioner,
the United States Government, sought writ of certiorari to the United
States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which reversed a
decision of the district court and held that Congress had not granted
the Federal Food and Drug Administration jurisdiction to regulate
tobacco products.
FACTS: The court affirmed the decision of the court below, which held that Congress had not granted the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jurisdiction to regulate tobacco products. The court stated that, considering the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (Act), 21 U.S.C.S. § 301 et seq., as a whole, it was clear that Congress intended to exclude tobacco products from the FDA's jurisdiction. If tobacco products were within the FDA's jurisdiction, the Act would require the FDA to remove them from the market entirely. Such a ban would contradict Congress' clear intent as expressed in recent tobacco-specific legislation. Thus, there existed no room for tobacco products within the Act's regulatory scheme. Given the history and the breadth of the authority that the FDA had asserted, the court was obliged to defer not to the agency's expansive construction of the statute, but Congress' consistent judgment to deny the FDA the power to regulate tobacco products. Therefore, the court affirmed the decision of the court below.
CONCLUSION: The court affirmed the decision of the court below, which held that Congress had not granted the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jurisdiction to regulate tobacco products, on the grounds that, considering the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act as a whole, it was clear that Congress intended to exclude tobacco products from the FDA's jurisdiction.
FACTS: The court affirmed the decision of the court below, which held that Congress had not granted the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jurisdiction to regulate tobacco products. The court stated that, considering the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (Act), 21 U.S.C.S. § 301 et seq., as a whole, it was clear that Congress intended to exclude tobacco products from the FDA's jurisdiction. If tobacco products were within the FDA's jurisdiction, the Act would require the FDA to remove them from the market entirely. Such a ban would contradict Congress' clear intent as expressed in recent tobacco-specific legislation. Thus, there existed no room for tobacco products within the Act's regulatory scheme. Given the history and the breadth of the authority that the FDA had asserted, the court was obliged to defer not to the agency's expansive construction of the statute, but Congress' consistent judgment to deny the FDA the power to regulate tobacco products. Therefore, the court affirmed the decision of the court below.
CONCLUSION: The court affirmed the decision of the court below, which held that Congress had not granted the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jurisdiction to regulate tobacco products, on the grounds that, considering the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act as a whole, it was clear that Congress intended to exclude tobacco products from the FDA's jurisdiction.
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