Baltimore Bank for Cooperatives v. Farmers Cheese Cooperative and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

Baltimore Bank for Cooperatives (“the Bank”) challenges on this appeal the propriety of an order of the district court staying further proceedings in a diversity action to recover in excess of $91,000 allegedly due for milk sold and delivered to Farmers Cheese Cooperative (“Farmers Cheese”). The order staying the proceedings directed the parties to proceed at once before the Milk Marketing Board of the Commom-wealth of Pennsylvania (MMB or the Board) for full adjudication of the claim.

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The Bank is a federal instrumentality created by the Farm Credit…