United States v. C. E. Sykes

TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

This suit was brought in the District Court for the Southern District of Georgia by the United States 1 to recover penalties assessed against appellee by the Secretary of Agriculture under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended 7 U.S.C.A. § 1281 et seq. A summary judgment was entered below for appellee and the government has appealed therefrom.

The Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to the Agricultural Adjustment Act established a national marketing quota to be in effect for the 1958-59 marketing year. Within each state farm marketing quotas and acreage…