With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". affairs, and that “irremediable adverse consequences” may flow from a determination that this case is not currently ripe for review. Gardner v. Toilet Goods Ass’n, 387 U.S. 158, 164, 87 S.Ct. 1520, 1525, 18 L.Ed.2d 697 (1967). That the interpretations do not directly compel plaintiffs to take immediate action does not mean that the plaintiffs do not suffer immediate hardship, sufficient to trigger review. See Meltzer v. Board of Public Instruction, 548 F.2d 559, 572-73 (5th Cir. 1977) (parents challenge of school regulation requiring teachers to “inculcate the practice of every Christian virtue” was ripe because of immediate, inevitable effect on teachers’ behavior), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 1089, 99 S.Ct. 872, 59 L.Ed.2d 56 (1979); see also Better Government Association, at 93-95 (<HOLDING>); American Federation of Government Employees

A: recognizing statutory credit
B: holding that where plaintiff did not allege that it was deprived of or excluded from use of its own customer lists it could not establish conversion
C: recognizing hardship where plaintiff alleged it was being deprived of statutory entitlement
D: holding that where defendant retained possession of and deprived plaintiff access to business records a claim for conversion was properly stated
C.