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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. James T. Lynn, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 501 F.2d 848 (1974)

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. James T. Lynn, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 501 F.2d 848 (1974)
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. James T. Lynn, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 501 F.2d 848 (1974)
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1974-09-25

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But discerning Congress’s intent to bestow or withhold discretion to suspend the programs in their entirety is not a simple matter of tallying the “shalls” and “mays” and finding that the “mays” have it. 20 Logic, and precedent, e. g., Minor v. Mechanics’ Bank, supra, require more, and earlier Secretaries have been so advised. See 22 Op.Atty.Gen. 295, 296 (1899) ; compare id. with 21 Op.Atty.Gen. 391, 392 and 21 Op.Atty.Gen. 414 (1896).