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sister projects: Wikipedia article, Wikidata item.Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, 387 U.S. 136 (1967), was a case heard before the United States Supreme Court. Abbott Laboratories held that drug companies were not prohibited by the ripeness doctrine from challenging a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation requiring a prescription drug's generic name to appear on all related printed materials. The government argued that the case was not ripe because the regulation had yet to be enforced; however, that argument failed where prosecution was likely and there was substantial hardship to denying a pre-enforcement challenge to the statute.
United States Supreme Court
Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner
Argued: Jan. 16, 1967. --- Decided: May 22, 1967
Gerhard A. Gesell, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.
Nathan Lewin, Washington, D.C., for respondents.
Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.
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