ruckelshaus monsanto argued february decided june federal insecticide fungicide rodenticide act fifra authorizes environmental protection agency epa use data submitted applicant registration covered product hereinafter pesticide evaluating application subsequent applicant disclose publicly submitted data provisions amended applicants granted period exclusive use data new active ingredients contained pesticides registered september data submitted december may cited considered support another application years original submission applicant offers compensate original submitter parties agree amount compensation either may initiate binding arbitration proceeding original submitter refuses participate negotiations arbitration forfeits claim compensation data qualify either period exclusive use period compensation may considered epa without limitation section amended authorizes general public disclosure health safety environmental data even though may result disclosure trade secrets appellee company headquartered missouri inventor producer seller pesticides invests substantial sums developing active ingredients pesticides producing products combine ingredients inert ingredients appellee brought suit federal district injunctive declaratory relief alleging inter alia provisions fifra effected taking property without compensation violation fifth amendment provisions violated amendment effected taking property private rather public purpose district held challenged provisions fifra unconstitutional permanently enjoined epa implementing enforcing provisions held extent appellee interest health safety environmental data cognizable property right missouri law property right protected taking clause fifth amendment despite intangible nature trade secrets many characteristics traditional forms property moreover found kinds intangible interests property purposes clause pp epa consideration disclosure data submitted appellee prior october september effect taking epa consideration disclosure certain health safety environmental data constituting trade secret state law submitted appellee two dates may constitute taking certain conditions pp factor consideration determining whether governmental action short acquisition destruction property gone beyond proper regulation effects taking whether action interferes reasonable expectations respect health safety environmental data appellee submitted epa effective date fifra amendments october appellee reasonable expectation epa keep data confidential beyond limits prescribed amended statute long appellee aware conditions data submitted conditions rationally related legitimate government interest voluntary submission data exchange economic advantages registration hardly called taking pp prior amendment effective october fifra silent respect epa authorized use disclosure data submitted connection application registration although trade secrets act provides criminal penalty government employee discloses manner authorized law information revealed course official duties guarantee confidentiality submitters data absent express promise appellee reasonable expectation information submitted epa october remain inviolate epa hands possibility substantial federal government future time find disclosure public interest fortiori trade secrets act penalizes unauthorized disclosure construed sort assurance internal agency use submitted data consideration application subsequent applicant registration pp however statutory scheme effect october september submitter given opportunity protect trade secrets disclosure designating trade secrets time submission explicit governmental guarantee registration applicants confidentiality exclusive use respect trade secrets period formed basis reasonable expectation epa consistent current provisions fifra disclose data consider data evaluating application subsequent applicant manner authorized version fifra effect actions frustrate appellee reasonable expectation however arbitration pursuant fifra yield compensation loss market value appellee data suffered epa consideration data connection another application arbitration yet occurred appellee claim government taking pp taking private property may occur connection epa use data submitted appellee october september taking public use rather private use even though subsequent applicants may direct beneficiaries long taking conceivable public character means attained congress determine congress believed provisions eliminate costly duplication research streamline registration process making new products available consumers quickly procompetitive purpose within congress police power regard fifra provisions optimum amount disclosure assure public product safe effective determined congress courts pp tucker act remedy available provide appellee compensation taking property may occur result fifra provisions thus district erred enjoining epa acting provisions neither fifra legislative history discusses interaction fifra tucker act inferring withdrawal tucker act jurisdiction amount disfavored partial repeal implication tucker act fifra provision original submitter data forfeits right compensation later submitter use original submitter data fails participate comply terms negotiated arbitrated compensation settlement merely requires claimant first seek satisfaction fifra procedure asserting tucker act claim pp tucker act available remedy uncompensated taking appellee may suffer result operation challenged provisions fifra appellee challenges constitutionality arbitration compensation scheme fifra ripe resolution pp blackmun delivered opinion burger brennan marshall powell rehnquist stevens joined joined except part statement filed opinion concurring part dissenting part post white took part consideration decision case deputy solicitor general wallace argued cause appellant briefs solicitor general lee acting assistant attorney general liotta deputy assistant attorney general walker jerrold ganzfried raymond zagone anne almy john bryson raymond randolph argued cause appellee briefs david norrell thomas kuhns wayne withers frederick provorny gary dyer david barrier kenneth heineman briefs amici curiae urging reversal filed american association advancement science et al thomas mcgarity american federation labor congress industrial organizations et al marsha berzon michael rubin laurence gold albert meyerhoff albert woll pesticide producers association et al david weinberg william weissman ppg industries thomas truitt david berz jeffrey liss briefs amici curiae urging affirmance filed abbott laboratories et al kenneth weinstein lawrence ebner american chemical society et al william butler arthur mckey american patent law association donald chisum avco alvin shapiro sathon ralph brown mark singer sds biotech et al harold himmelman cynthia lewis stauffer chemical lawrence ebner john ronan iii john behan justice blackmun delivered opinion case asked review district determination several provisions federal insecticide fungicide rodenticide act fifra stat amended et unconstitutional provisions issue authorize environmental protection agency epa use data submitted applicant registration pesticide evaluating application subsequent applicant disclose publicly submitted data past century use pesticides control weeds minimize crop damage caused insects disease animals become increasingly important american agriculture see pp pp pesticide use led improvements productivity also led increased risk harm humans environment see although federal government regulated pesticide use nearly years fifra first adopted stat first enacted fifra primarily licensing labeling statute required pesticides registered secretary agriculture prior sale interstate foreign commerce act stat legislation also contained general standards setting forth types information necessary proper labeling registered pesticide including directions use warnings prevent harm people animals plants claims made efficacy product upon request secretary applicant required submit test data supporting claims label including formula pesticide version fifra specifically prohibited disclosure information relative formulas products silent respect disclosure health safety data submitted application department agriculture fifra responsibilities transferred newly created environmental protection agency whose administrator appellant case see reorganization plan fed reg mounting public concern safety pesticides effect environment growing perception existing legislation equal task safeguarding public interest see congress undertook comprehensive revision fifra adoption federal environmental pesticide control act stat amendments transformed fifra labeling law comprehensive regulatory statute amended fifra regulated use well sale labeling pesticides regulated pesticides produced sold intrastate interstate commerce provided review cancellation suspension registration gave epa greater enforcement authority congress also added new criterion registration epa determine pesticide cause unreasonable adverse effects environment stat purposes litigation significant amendments pertained procedure public disclosure information learned procedure congress added fifra new section governing public disclosure data submitted support application registration section submitter data designate portions submitted material believed trade secrets commercial financial information stat another section prohibited epa publicly disclosing information judgment contained related trade secrets commercial financial information event epa disagreed submitter designation certain information trade secrets commercial financial information proposed disclose information original submitter institute declaratory judgment action federal district amendments also included provision allowed epa consider data submitted one applicant registration support another application pertaining similar chemical provided subsequent applicant offered compensate applicant originally submitted data effect provision instituted mandatory scheme amount compensation negotiated parties event negotiations failed determined epa subject judicial review upon instigation original data submitter scope provision however limited data designated trade secrets commercial financial information exempt disclosure considered epa support another registration application unless original submitter consented ibid amendments specify standards designation submitted data trade secrets commercial financial information addition congress failed designate effective date disclosure schemes congress amended provide provisions applied data submitted january stat left definitional question unanswered much litigation centered around definition trade secrets commercial financial information purposes provisions fifra epa maintained exemption consideration disclosure applied narrow range information principally statements formulae manufacturing processes series lawsuits however firms challenged epa interpretation obtained several decisions effect term trade secrets applied data including health safety environmental data met definition trade secrets set forth restatement torts see mobay chemical costle supp wd mo chevron chemical costle supp nd cal decisions prevented epa disclosing much data based decision register pesticides considering data submitted one applicant reviewing application later applicant see problems regulatory scheme embodied fifra amended see see generally epa office pesticide programs fifra impact industry reprinted congress enacted amendments fifra effected federal pesticide act stat new amendments included series revisions provisions fifra fifra amended applicants granted period exclusive use data new active ingredients contained pesticides registered september data submitted december may cited considered support another application years original submission applicant offers compensate original submitter ii parties agree amount compensation either may initiate binding arbitration proceeding results arbitration proceeding subject judicial review absent fraud misrepresentation statute provides original submitter refuses participate negotiations arbitration proceeding forfeits claim compensation data qualify either period exclusive use period compensation may considered epa without limitation iii also congress added new subsection provides disclosure health safety environmental data qualified requesters notwithstanding prohibition disclosure trade secrets contained provision however authorize disclosure information reveal manufacturing quality control processes certain details deliberately added inert ingredients unless administrator first determined disclosure necessary protect unreasonable risk injury health environment epa may disclose data representatives foreign multinational pesticide companies unless original submitter data consents disclosure another subsection establishes criminal penalty wrongful disclosure government employee contractor confidential trade secret data ii appellee monsanto company monsanto inventor developer producer various kinds chemical products including pesticides monsanto headquartered louis county sells domestic foreign markets one relatively small group companies invent develop new active ingredients pesticides conduct research testing respect ingredients active ingredients sometimes referred products generally sold directly users pesticides rather must first combined inert ingredients chemicals dissolve dilute stabilize active components results process sometimes called products firms produce products called formulators see opinion district case monsanto acting administrator environmental protection agency supp ed mo firm produces active ingredient may use incorporation products may sell formulators may monsanto produces active ingredients products ibid district found development potential commercial pesticide candidate typically requires expenditure million million annually several years development process may take years usually long company expect return investment every pesticide average company finally markets screened tested others monsanto significantly success rate successfully markets every chemicals tested ibid monsanto like applicant registration pesticide must present research test data supporting application district found monsanto incurred costs excess million developing health safety environmental data submitted fifra information submitted application usually value monsanto beyond instrumentality gaining particular application monsanto uses information develop additional products expand uses registered products information also valuable monsanto competitors reason monsanto instituted stringent security measures ensure secrecy data ibid health safety environmental data monsanto sought protect bringing suit district found much data contai relat trade secrets defined restatement torts confidential commercial information monsanto brought suit district seeking injunctive declaratory relief operation provisions fifra provisions fifra related monsanto alleged challenged provisions effected taking property without compensation violation fifth amendment addition monsanto alleged provisions violated amendment effected taking property private rather public purpose finally monsanto alleged arbitration scheme provided ii violates original submitter due process rights constitutes unconstitutional delegation judicial power bench trial district concluded monsanto possessed property rights submitted data specifically including right exclude others enjoyment data preventing unauthorized use prohibiting disclosure found challenged provisions give monsanto competitors free ride monsanto expense ibid district reasoned appropriated monsanto fundamental right exclude effect appropriation substantial found monsanto property appropriated private purpose interference much significant public good appropriation might serve district also found operation disclosure provisions fifra constituted taking monsanto property cost incurred monsanto property permanently committed public domain thus effectively destroyed viewed district significantly outweighing benefit general public ability scrutinize data seemed believe general public derive assurance needed safety effectiveness pesticide epa decision register product approve label finding provisions operated effect taking property district found compulsory scheme set forth ii adequately provide compensation property taken found arbitration provision arbitrary vague reasoning statute give arbitrators guidance factors enter concept compensation judicial review foreclosed except cases fraud district also found arbitration scheme infirm meet requirements art iii constitution ibid finally found remedy tucker act available deprivations property effected district therefore declared fifra amended federal pesticide act unconstitutional permanently enjoined epa implementing enforcing sections see amended judgment app juris statement noted probable jurisdiction iii deciding case faced four questions monsanto property interest protected fifth amendment taking clause health safety environmental data submitted epa epa use data evaluate applications others epa disclosure data qualified members public effect taking property interest taking taking public use taking public use statute adequately provide compensation purposes case epa stipulated monsanto certain property rights information research test data submitted fifra epa predecessor agencies may protected fifth amendment constitution app since exact import stipulation clear address question whether data issue considered property purposes taking clause fifth amendment never squarely addressed applicability protections taking clause fifth amendment commercial data kind involved case answering question mindful basic axiom roperty interests created constitution rather created dimensions defined existing rules understandings stem independent source state law webb fabulous pharmacies beckwith quoting board regents roth monsanto asserts health safety environmental data submitted epa property missouri law recognizes trade secrets defined comment restatement torts property see lemay valve mo app harrington national outdoor advertising mo luckett orange julep mo restatement defines trade secret formula pattern device compilation information used one business gives opportunity obtain advantage competitors know use comment parties stipulated much information research test data monsanto submitted fifra epa contains relates trade secrets defined restatement torts app intangible nature trade secret extent property right therein defined extent owner secret protects interest disclosure others see harrington supra supra restatement torts supra see also kewanee oil bicron information public knowledge generally known industry trade secret restatement torts supra individual discloses trade secret others obligation protect confidentiality information otherwise publicly discloses secret property right extinguished see harrington supra milgrim trade secrets trade secrets many characteristics tangible forms property trade secret assignable see dr miles medical john park sons painton bourns trade secret form res trust restatement second trusts comment scott law trusts ed passes trustee bankruptcy see uniservices even manner congress referred trade secrets legislative history fifra supports general perception nature discussing amendments fifra congress recognized data developers like monsanto proprietary interest data congress reasoned submitters data entitled compensation legal ownership data conf general perception trade secrets property consonant notion property extends beyond land tangible goods includes products individual labour invention blackstone commentaries see generally locke second treatise civil government ch gough ed although never squarely addressed question whether person property interest trade secret admittedly intangible found kinds intangible interests property purposes fifth amendment taking clause see armstrong materialman lien provided maine law protected taking clause louisville joint stock land bank radford real estate lien protected lynch valid contracts property within meaning taking clause intangible property rights protected state law deserving protection taking clause long implicit thinking conceivable term property taking clause used vulgar untechnical sense physical thing respect citizen exercises rights recognized law hand may employed accurate sense denote group rights inhering citizen relation physical thing right possess use dispose point fact construction given phrase latter general motors iv determined monsanto property interest data submitted epa confront difficult question whether taking occur epa discloses data considers data evaluating another application registration question constitutes taking one wrestled many occasions never rule governmental acquisition destruction property individual constitutes taking courts held deprivation former owner rather accretion right interest sovereign constitutes taking governmental action short acquisition title occupancy held effects complete deprive owner interest subject matter amount taking general motors admitted numerous occasions generally unable develop set formula determining justice fairness require economic injuries caused public action must deemed compensable taking kaiser aetna quoting penn central transportation new york city accord hodel virginia surface mining reclamation inquiry whether taking occurred essentially ad hoc factual inquiry kaiser aetna however identified several factors taken account determining whether governmental action gone beyond regulation effects taking among factors character governmental action economic impact interference reasonable expectations pruneyard shopping center robins see kaiser aetna penn central last three factors direct attention find force factor overwhelming least respect certain data submitted monsanto epa disposes taking question regarding data reasonable expectation must unilateral expectation abstract need webb fabulous pharmacies find respect health safety environmental data monsanto submitted epa effective date fifra amendments october monsanto reasonable expectation epa keep data confidential beyond limits prescribed amended statute monsanto notice manner epa authorized use disclose data turned applicant registration thus respect data submitted epa october monsanto knew period years date submission epa consider data evaluating application another without monsanto permission also aware however period expired epa use data without monsanto permission ii iii monsanto aware entitled offer compensation subsequent applicant end year date submission iii addition monsanto aware information relating formulae products revealed epa federal agency consulted revealed public hearing findings fact issued epa necessary carry epa duties fifra statute also gave monsanto notice much health safety efficacy data provided disclosed general public time despite provisions statute monsanto chose submit requisite data order receive registration hardly argue reasonable expectations disturbed epa acts use disclose data manner authorized law time submission monsanto argues statute requirement submitter give property interest data constitutes placing unconstitutional condition right valuable government benefit see brief appellee monsanto challenged ability federal government regulate marketing use pesticides monsanto successfully make challenge restrictions burdens must bear exchange advantage living business civilized community andrus allard quoting pennsylvania coal mahon brandeis dissenting see lighting missouri particularly true area pesticide sale use long source public concern subject government regulation monsanto willing bear burden exchange ability market pesticides country evidenced fact continued expand research development submit data epa despite enactment amendments fifra thus long monsanto aware conditions data submitted conditions rationally related legitimate government interest voluntary submission data applicant exchange economic advantages registration hardly called taking see corn products refining eddy right manufacturer maintain secrecy compounds processes must held subject right state exercise police power promotion fair dealing require nature product fairly set forth see also westinghouse electric nuclear regulatory prior amendments fifra silent respect epa authorized use disclosure data submitted connection application registration another statute trade secrets act however arguably relevant act general criminal statute provides penalty employee government discloses manner authorized law information revealed course official duties determined antileak statute aimed deterring government employees profiting information receive official capacities see chrysler brown rather also applies formal agency action action approved agency department head ibid true prior amendments neither fifra provision law gave epa authority disclose data obtained monsanto trade secrets act guarantee confidentiality submitters data absent express promise monsanto reasonable expectation information remain inviolate hands epa industry long focus great public concern significant government regulation possibility substantial federal government thus far taken position disclosure health safety environmental data concerning pesticides upon focusing issue find disclosure public interest thus respect data submitted epa connection application registration prior october trade secrets act provided basis reasonable expectation data submitted epa remain confidential fortiori trade secrets act construed sort assurance internal agency use submitted data consideration application subsequent applicant registration indeed evidence practice using data submitted one company consideration application subsequent applicant widespread well known thus respect data monsanto submitted epa prior effective date amendments fifra hold monsanto reasonable expectation epa maintain data strictest confidence use exclusively purpose considering monsanto application connection data submitted situation may different however respect data submitted monsanto epa period october september statutory scheme effect submitter given opportunity protect trade secrets disclosure designating trade secrets time submission monsanto provided data epa period understanding embodied fifra epa free use submitted data trade secrets considering application another provided epa required subsequent applicant pay reasonable compensation original submitter stat statute also gave monsanto explicit assurance epa prohibited disclosing publicly considering connection application another data submitted applicant applicant epa determined data constitute trade secrets stat thus respect trade secrets submitted statutory regime force time adoption amendments adoption amendments federal government explicitly guaranteed monsanto registration applicants extensive measure confidentiality exclusive use explicit governmental guarantee formed basis reasonable expectation epa consistent authority granted fifra amendments disclose data consider data evaluating application subsequent applicant manner authorized version fifra effect epa actions frustrate monsanto reasonable expectation respect control use dissemination data submitted right exclude others generally one essential sticks bundle rights commonly characterized property kaiser aetna respect trade secret right exclude others central definition property interest data constitute trade secret disclosed others others allowed use data holder trade secret lost property interest data data retain usefulness monsanto even disclosed example bases develop new products refine old products marketing advertising tools information necessary obtain registration foreign countries irrelevant determination economic impact epa action monsanto property right economic value property right lies competitive advantage others monsanto enjoys virtue exclusive access data disclosure use others data destroy competitive edge epa encourages us view situation taking monsanto property interest trade secrets whatever property rights monsanto may trade secrets brief appellant agency argues proper functioning comprehensive fifra registration scheme depends upon uniform application data thus said supremacy clause dictates scheme vary depending property law state submitter located argument proves much congress state property law manner advocated epa taking clause lost vitality stated sovereign ipse dixit may transform private property public property without compensation kind thing taking clause fifth amendment meant prevent webb fabulous pharmacies beckwith negotiation arbitration pursuant ii yield compensation monsanto loss market value data suffered epa consideration data connection another application monsanto claim government taking since arbitration yet occurred respect use monsanto data finding actual taking premature see infra summary hold epa consideration disclosure data submitted monsanto agency prior october september effect taking hold epa consideration disclosure health safety environmental data constitute taking monsanto submitted data epa october september data constituted trade secrets missouri law monsanto designated data trade secrets time submission use disclosure conflicts explicit assurance confidentiality exclusive use contained statute period operation arbitration provision adequately compensate loss market value data monsanto suffers epa use disclosure trade secrets must next consider whether taking private property may occur operation provisions fifra taking public use recently stated scope public use requirement taking clause coterminous scope sovereign police powers hawaii housing authority midkiff ante see berman parker role courts legislature judgment constitutes public use extremely narrow midkiff supra berman supra district found epa action pursuant provisions fifra effect taking private use rather public use action benefits subsequent applicants forcing original submitters share data later applicants true direct beneficiaries epa actions provisions fifra later applicants support applications citation data submitted monsanto original submitter provisions later applicants replicate sometimes intensive complex research necessary produce requisite data however rejected notion use public use property taken put use general public midkiff ante rindge los angeles block hirsh long taking conceivable public character means attained congress determine berman public purpose behind provisions clear legislative history congress believed provisions eliminate costly duplication research streamline registration process making new products available consumers quickly allowing applicants registration upon payment compensation use data already accumulated others rather forcing go process repeating research eliminate significant barrier entry pesticide market thereby allowing greater competition among producers products cong rec remarks leahy procompetitive purpose well within police power congress see midkiff ante provisions fifra provide disclosure general public district find provisions constituted taking private use instead found provisions served use reasoned epa registration must determine product safe effective label pesticide statute must set forth nature contents purpose pesticide label provided public assurance needed product safe effective enough us state optimum amount disclosure public congress courts decide statute embodies congress judgment question see cong remarks leahy observe however public disclosure provide effective check decisionmaking processes epa allows members public determine likelihood individualized risks peculiar use product see remarks douglas costle therefore hold taking private property may occur connection epa use disclosure data submitted monsanto october september taking public use vi equitable relief available enjoin alleged taking private property public use duly authorized law suit compensation brought sovereign subsequent taking larson domestic foreign commerce fifth amendment require compensation precede taking hurley kincaid generally individual claiming taken property seek compensation tucker act causby taking claim founded upon constitution within jurisdiction claims hear determine yearsley ross construction case however district enjoined epa action provisions fifra finding tucker act remedy available taking property may occur result operation provisions agree district assessment tucker act remedy lie whatever taking may occur due epa activity pursuant fifra determining whether tucker act remedy available claims arising taking pursuant federal statute proper inquiry whether statute expresses affirmative showing congressional intent permit recourse tucker act remedy whether congress statute withdrawn tucker act grant jurisdiction claims hear suit involving statute founded upon constitution regional rail reorganization act cases emphasis original nowhere fifra legislative history discussion interaction fifra tucker act since tucker act grants claims jurisdiction render judgment upon claim founded upon constitution infer withdrawal jurisdiction respect takings fifra structure statute legislative history withdrawal jurisdiction amount partial repeal tucker act recognized however repeals implication disfavored regional rail reorganization act cases see amell mercantile national bank langdeau borden monsanto argues fifra provision original submitter data fails participate procedure reaching agreement arbitration proceeding fails comply terms agreement arbitration decision shall forfeit right compensation use data support application ii indicates congress intent tucker act remedy two statutes capable duty courts absent clearly expressed congressional intention contrary regard effective regional rail reorganization act cases quoting morton mancari contrary monsanto claim entirely possible tucker act fifra better interpretation therefore fifra language forfeiture gives force tucker act fifra provision read fifra implementing exhaustion requirement precondition tucker act claim fifra withdraw possibility tucker act remedy merely requires claimant first seek satisfaction statutory procedure cf regional rail reorganization act cases viewing tucker act remedy covering shortfall statutory remedy compensation respect data disclosure general public fifra provides compensation whatsoever thus monsanto argument congress intended compensation scheme provided fifra exclusive relevance provisions congress fifra address liability government pay compensation taking occur congress failure specifically mention provide recourse government may reflect congressional belief use data epa ways authorized fifra effects fifth amendment taking may reflect congress assumption general grant jurisdiction tucker act provide necessary remedy taking may occur event failure construed reflect unambiguous intention withdraw tucker act remedy hether intended taking claim fifra one founded upon constitution thus remediable tucker act regional rail reorganization act cases therefore operation provisions fifra effect taking property belonging monsanto adequate remedy taking exists tucker act district erred enjoining taking vii hold tucker act available remedy uncompensated taking monsanto may suffer result operation challenged provisions fifra conclude monsanto challenges constitutionality arbitration compensation scheme ripe resolution availability tucker act monsanto ability obtain compensation depend solely validity statutory compensation scheme operation arbitration procedure affects monsanto ability vindicate statutory right obtain compensation subsequent applicant whose registration application relies data originally submitted monsanto ability vindicate constitutional right compensation monsanto allege establish injured actual arbitration statute district acknowledged monsanto received several offers compensation applicants registration find epa considered monsanto data considering another application monsanto subsequent applicant may negotiate reach agreement concerning outstanding offer reach agreement controversy must go arbitration epa considered data submitted monsanto evaluating another application arbitrator made award monsanto claims respect constitutionality arbitration scheme become ripe see duke power carolina environmental study group regional rail reorganization act cases viii find constitutional infirmity challenged provisions fifra operation provisions may effect taking respect certain health safety environmental data constituting trade secrets state law designated monsanto trade secrets upon submission epa october september whatever taking may occur one public use tucker act remedy available provide monsanto compensation taking occurred proper forum monsanto claim claims monsanto challenges constitutionality arbitration procedure yet ripe review judgment district therefore vacated case remanded proceedings consistent opinion ordered footnotes first federal legislation area insecticide act stat made unlawful manufacture sell insecticides adulterated misbranded legislation repealed replaced fifra stat undertaken regulate pesticide use federal legislation many continued federal legislation enacted council state governments recommended adoption model state statute uniform state insecticide fungicide rodenticide act see appellant concedes however matter practice department agriculture publicly disclose health safety information brief appellant section stat reads relevant part respect pesticides containing active ingredients initially registered act september data submitted support application original registration pesticide application amendment adding new use registration pertain solely new use shall without written permission original data submitter considered administrator support application another person period ten years following date administrator first registers pesticide ii except otherwise provided subparagraph paragraph respect data submitted december applicant registrant support application registration experimental use permit amendment adding new use existing registration support maintain effect existing registration reregistration administrator may without permission original data submitter consider item data support application person within period following date data originally submitted applicant made offer compensate original data submitter submitted offer administrator accompanied evidence delivery original data submitter offer terms amount compensation may fixed agreement original data submitter applicant failing agreement binding arbitration subparagraph end ninety days date delivery original data submitter offer compensate original data submitter applicant neither agreed amount terms compensation procedure reaching agreement amount terms compensation either person may initiate binding arbitration proceedings requesting federal mediation conciliation service appoint arbitrator roster arbitrators maintained service findings determination arbitrator shall final conclusive official shall power jurisdiction review findings determination except fraud misrepresentation misconduct one parties arbitration arbitrator verified complaint supporting affidavits attesting specific instances fraud misrepresentation misconduct administrator determines original data submitter failed participate procedure reaching agreement arbitration proceeding required subparagraph failed comply terms agreement arbitration decision concerning compensation subparagraph original data submitter shall forfeit right compensation use data support application registration action administrator shall delayed pending fixing compensation iii expiration period exclusive use period compensation required use item data subparagraphs ii paragraph administrator may consider item data support application applicant without permission original data submitter without offer received compensate original data submitter use item data section stat reads relevant part information concerning objectives methodology results significance test experiment performed registered previously registered pesticide separate ingredients impurities degradation products information concerning effects pesticide organism behavior pesticide environment including limited data safety fish wildlife humans mammals plants animals soil studies persistence translocation fate environment metabolism shall available disclosure public provided use data registration purpose shall governed section act provided paragraph authorize disclosure information discloses manufacturing quality control processes discloses details methods testing detecting measuring quantity deliberately added inert ingredients pesticide discloses identity percentage quantity deliberately added inert ingredient pesticide information concerning production distribution sale inventories pesticide otherwise entitled confidential treatment subsection section may publicly disclosed connection public proceeding determine whether pesticide ingredient pesticide causes unreasonable adverse effects health environment administrator determines disclosure necessary public interest study office pesticide programs epa showed approximately firms registered produce products estimated largest firms account country pesticide production correspondingly small number new pesticides marketed year new pesticides introduced see goring costs commercializing pesticides international conference entomology reprinted hearings extension federal insecticide fungicide rodenticide act subcommittee agricultural research general legislation senate committee agriculture nutrition forestry district judgment case conflict holdings federal courts see petrolite environmental protection agency supp dc mobay chemical costle supp supp wd aff sub nom mobay chemical gorsuch cert denied chevron chemical costle supp del aff cert denied course necessary congress recognize data issue property order data protected taking clause mention legislative history merely one illustration general perception nature trade secrets contrary epa contention brief appellant justice holmes dictum du pont de nemours powder masland undermine holding trade secret property protected fifth amendment taking clause masland arose dispute disclosure trade secrets preparation trial opinion justice stated case considered presenting conflict right property right make full defence said disclosure forbidden one denies trade secret merits defence adjudged chance heard prove case approach question somewhat differently word property applied trade secrets unanalyzed expression certain secondary consequences primary fact law makes rudimentary requirements good faith whether plaintiffs valuable secret defendant knows facts whatever special confidence accepted property may denied confidence therefore starting point present matter property due process law defendant stood confidential relations plaintiffs federal pesticide act approved september stat new provisions applied full force data submitted date market monsanto pesticide products international one monsanto decide forgo registration sell pesticide foreign markets presumably situations deems data protected disclosure valuable right sell amendments fifra became effective close business day october stat trade secrets act prohibits government employee publish ing divulg ing disclos ing mak ing known confidential information received official capacity considering data one applicant connection application another epa violate prohibitions district found period usda administered fifra also policy data developed submitted companies monsanto used support registration another product without permission data submitter monsanto acting administrator environmental protection agency supp ed mo emphasis original district apparently based finding testimony two former directors pesticide regulation division testified knew instance data submitted one applicant subsequently considered evaluating another application ibid finding marked conflict statement national agricultural chemicals association presented senate subcommittee advocated amendments fifra contain provision present law registration information submitted administrator routinely made available public inspection information however matter practice without statutory authority considered administrator support registration similar product another registrant federal environmental pesticide control act hearings subcommittee agricultural research general legislation senate committee agriculture forestry pt although evidence district finding seems overwhelming need determine finding clearly erroneous order find submitter reasonable expectation department epa use data submitted evaluating application another district find policy department publicly known time explicit guarantee exclusive use emphasize value trade secret lies competitive advantage gives owner competitors thus fact operation provisions allow competitor register easily product use disclosed data improve technology may constitute taking however public disclosure data reveals example harmful side effects submitter product causes submitter suffer decline potential profits sales product decline profits stems decrease value pesticide consumers rather destruction edge submitter competitors constitute taking trade secret record contains findings respect value data issue arbitration proceeding yet held determine amount recovery paid subsequent applicant monsanto preclude possibility arbitration award sufficient provide monsanto compensation thus nullifying claim government taking epa uses monsanto data considering another application statutory arbitration scheme course provides compensation cases data considered connection subsequent application cases disclosure data amendments fifra purported carry backward protections data consideration data disclosure submissions data made january stat relevant consideration purposes nature expectations submitter time data submitted therefore extend ruling possible taking data submitted prior october monsanto argues epa implication congress misapprehended true barriers entry pesticide industry challenged provisions law create rather reduce barriers entry brief appellee economic arguments better directed congress proper inquiry whether provisions fact accomplish stated objectives review limited determining purpose legitimate congress rationally believed provisions promote objective midkiff ante western southern life ins state bd equalization taking private property occur result epa disclosure consideration data submitted monsanto october september course duly authorized fifra amended tucker act reads relevant part claims shall jurisdiction render judgment upon claim founded either upon constitution act congress regulation executive department upon express implied contract liquidated unliquidated damages cases sounding tort exhaustion statutory remedy necessary determine extent taking occurred extent operation statute provides compensation taking occurred original submitter data claim government emphasize nothing opinion prohibits epa consideration disclosure manner authorized fifra data submitted monsanto decision merely holds respect certain limited class data submitted monsanto epa epa actions provisions statute may give monsanto claim compensation justice concurring part dissenting part join opinion except part conclusion ante epa consideration disclosure data submitted monsanto agency prior october effect taking view public disclosure data effect taking consideration information within epa connection license applications submitted monsanto believe remand district factual findings concerning monsanto expectations regarding interagency uses trade secret information prior important distinguish outset public disclosure trade secrets use secrets entirely within epa internal use may undermine monsanto competitive position within leaves monsanto position foreign markets undisturbed notes ante likely impact foreign market position one monsanto weigh deciding whether submit trade secrets epa thus submission trade secrets epa implicitly consented use information within agency necessarily one implicitly consented public disclosure seems quite clear indeed scarcely disputes public disclosure trade secrets submitted federal government neither permitted law customary agency practice expected applicants pesticide registrations correctly notes trade secrets act flatly proscribed disclosures district expressly found government policy data developed submitted companies monsanto maintained confidentially administrative agency disclosed without permission data submitter monsanto acting administrator epa supp finally ante quotes statement national agricultural chemicals association registration information submitted administrator routinely made available public inspection hard imagine applicant pesticide license circumstances formed firm expectation trade secrets submitted connection pesticide registration disclosed public analysis question appears single sentence industry long focus great public concern significant government regulation reasonable expectation government later find public disclosure trade secrets public interest ante frankly puzzled read statement broader context otherwise convincing opinion degree government regulation determines reasonableness expectation confidentiality monsanto little reason expect confidentiality since amendments deregulatory intent effect entirely fails explain nondisclosure provision act stat created greater expectation confidentiality trade secrets act section prohibited epa disclosing trade secrets commercial financial information penalty disclosure prescribed unless disclosure intent defraud trade secrets act prohibited still prohibits government disclosure trade secrets commercial financial information revealed course official duties pain substantial criminal sanctions acknowledges prohibition always extended formal official agency action chrysler brown seems criminal sanctions trade secrets act therefore created least strong expectation privacy precatory language created tacit analysis seems expectation confidentiality grounded statutory nondisclosure provision situated close physical proximity pages code provisions pursuant information submitted government part see reason congress able give effective protection trade secrets submitted federal government means single overarching trade secrets provision routinely assume wrongdoers put notice entire contents code though likelihood never owned copy opened single page seems strange assume hand company like monsanto well served lawyers undoubtedly read code build expectation privacy pesticide trade secrets assurance confidentiality appeared title question interagency use trade secrets difficult trade secrets act likely extend uses district found prior october two competitors registrations granted basis data submitted monsanto monsanto knowledge either registrations prior granted district also found agency policy data developed submitted companies monsanto used support registration another product without permission data submitter ibid however concludes basis two cited fragments evidence evidence district finding seems overwhelming ante nevertheless wisely declines label district findings fact matter clearly erroneous instead notes district find policy department agriculture publicly known time explicit guarantee exclusive use ibid begs exactly right question firmly declines answer simply evidence practice using data submitted one company consideration application subsequent applicant widespread well known ante omitted without ado declares respect data monsanto reasonable expectation epa use data exclusively purpose considering monsanto application connection data submitted ante one thing quite clear extent monsanto expectations whether reasonable otherwise heavily factual question fairly clear district found expectations existed matter fact reasonable matter law factual findings district precise question explicit might appropriate disposition remand district factfinding course follow respect interagency use trade secrets submitted monsanto