UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FILED 
FEB 2 3 1978 
FERDINAND J. MACK, JR., ) 
) JAMES F. DAVEY. Clerk 
Plaintiff ) Civil Action 
) 
v ) No. 77-916 
) 
JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., et al. , ) 
) 
Defendants ) 
ORDER 
Upon consideration of plaintiff's motion for 
preliminary injunction, defendants' memorandum in opposition 
thereto, the brief of the American Society for Microbiology 
Amicus Curiae, affidavits, exhibits, supplemental memoranda 
submitted by the parties, and after oral argument, it is 
by the Court this of February, 1978 
ORDERED that plaintiff's motion for preliminary 
injunction is denied, and it is further 
ORDERED that defendants' motion to vacate stay is 
granted. 
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