Task: songer_typeiss

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court. Choose among the following categories. Criminal and prisioner petitions- includes appeals of conviction, petitions for post conviction relief, habeas corpus petitions, and other prisoner petitions which challenge the validity of the conviction or the sentence or the validity of continued confinement. Civil - Government - these will include appeals from administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA,FDA), the decisions of administrative law judges, or the decisions of independent regulatory agencies (e.g., NLRB, FCC,SEC). The focus in administrative law is usually on procedural principles that apply to administrative agencies as they affect private interests, primarily through rulemaking and adjudication. Tort actions against the government, including petitions by prisoners which challenge the conditions of their confinement or which seek damages for torts committed by prion officials or by police fit in this category. In addition, this category will include suits over taxes and claims for benefits from government. Diversity of Citizenship - civil cases involving disputes between citizens of different states (remember that businesses have state citizenship). These cases will always involve the application of state or local law. If the case is centrally concerned with the application or interpretation of federal law then it is not a diversity case. Civil Disputes - Private - includes all civil cases that do not fit in any of the above categories. The opposing litigants will be individuals, businesses or groups.

ORDER
In this action the claimant, Dr. Rovelle C. Choate, has filed his petition for rehearing. It is argued in .the petition that the court was in error in reversing the judgment of the district court and remanding the action for entry of judgment overruling the claimant’s motion for summary judgment and granting the government’s motion. It is insisted that claimant should have had an opportunity to present evidence and that the case should not have been disposed of on summary judgment.
Upon full consideration of the petition to rehear in the light of the entire record, we are of the opinion that the petition presents no matter or issue which was not fully considered and determined by the Court in its opinion of January 12, 1976. As pointed out in the opinion, it was admitted by the claimant that the diapulse devices did not bear adequate directions for use within the meaning of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 352(f)(1). The claimant’s sole contention was that he was exempt from the labeling requirement by virtue of the provisions of 21 C.F.R. Sec. 1.106(d), which, in substance, provides that the labeling requirements may be omitted or dispensed with if the article “is a device for which directions, hazards, warnings, and other information are commonly known to practitioners licensed by law to use the device.” (Emphasis added).
To determine this question both parties elected to file motions for summary judgment. The affidavits of two qualified physicians, Drs. William D. Paul and David B. Stevens, were submitted in support of the government’s motion for summary judgment, and both contained unqualified factual statements that directions for use of the diapulse device were not commonly known among practitioners licensed by law to use the device. The affidavits of the claimant submitted in support of his motion for summary judgment, on the other hand, contained no contrary statement that directions for use of the device were commonly known' by such practitioners, with the result that on the basis of the affidavits of both parties, there was no genuine issue of material fact to be tried. No conclusion was possible other than that the claimant was not entitled to the exemption upon which he relied to dispense with the labeling requirements.
Having elected to resort to the summary judgment procedure and having wholly failed to demonstrate any genuine issue of material fact to be tried, upon a trial or at an evidentiary hearing, it necessarily followed that the district court should have granted the government’s motion for summary judgment.
It is therefore ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the claimant’s petition to rehear be and the same is hereby
DENIED.

Question: What is the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court?
A. criminal and prisoner petitions
B. civil - government
C. diversity of citizenship
D. civil - private
E. other, not applicable
F. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: B