Legal Opinion
H.C. MacClaren, Inc. v. United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 4, 2003No. 02-3006PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner H.C. MacClaren, Inc. (Mac-Claren), a wholesale produce broker, appeals a final order of the Secretary of Agriculture revoking its license pursuant to the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 499a-499s. The Secretary determined that the sanction of license revocation was appropriate after concluding that MacClaren had committed sixty-one violations of PACA. Specifically, MacClaren employees admitted to altering fifty-three United States Department of Agriculture (USDA or “the agency”) inspection certificates and issuing eight…
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