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In Alfred L. Snapp Son, Inc. v. Puerto Rico, 458 U.S. 591, 102 S.Ct. 3503, 73 L.Ed.2d 994 (1982), the United States Supreme Court distinguished between proprietary interests — which can serve as the basis of the State's action — and quasi-sovereign interests, which can form the basis only for an action as parens patriae.
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No. 80-1074.
Argued December 9, 1981 Decided June 30, 1982
203 U.S.App.D.C. 202, 631 F.2d 784, vacated and remanded.
Deputy Solicitor General Geller argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Lee, Acting Solicitor General Wallace, Acting Assistant Attorney General Schiffer, Peter Buscemi, Robert E. Kopp, and Barbara L. Herwig.
E. Richard Larson argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Isabelle Katz Pinzler, Bruce J. Ennis, William L. Robinson, and Norman J. Chachkin.
The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for further consideration in light of Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 (1982).
JUSTICE POWELL and JUSTICE STEVENS took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.