Legal Opinion
Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Foods Co. v. Bergland
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 16, 1977No. Civ. A. No. 71-549PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DITTER, District Judge.
The question presently under consideration in this case, which is before the court for the fourth (and hopefully final) time, is whether a milk handler (diary) is entitled to recover damages from the producer settlement fund for overpayments made to the fund and to milk producers (farmers) because of an illegal milk pricing order issued by the Secretary of Agriculture.
The factual background and procedural, history of this case have been exhaustively recounted in my earlier opinions1 and need not be repeated here. Suffice it to say that on August 20, 1969, the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Illinois Brick Co. v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Keogh v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Zuber v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Anniston Manufacturing Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Foods, Inc. v. ButzCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Foods, Inc. v. Earl M. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pennmarva Dairymen's Cooperative Federation Inc., Lehigh Valley Cooperativefarmers and Capitalmilk Producers Cooperative, Inc., Intervening Defts.,pennmarva Dairymen'scooperative Federation, Inc., Intervenors, in No. 77-2245. Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Food, Inc., in No. 77-2246 v. Earl M. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pennmarva Dairymen's Cooperative Federation Inc., Lehigh Valley Cooperativefarmers and Capitalmilk Producers Cooperative, Inc., Intervening Defts. Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Food, Inc. v. Earl M. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pennmarva Dairymen's Cooperative Federation Inc., Lehigh Valley Cooperativefarmers and Capitalmilk Producers Cooperative, Inc., Intervening Defts. Bobbergland, Secretaryof Agriculture, in No. 77-2247Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978