Mid-South Order Buyers, Inc. v. Platte Valley Livestock, Inc.

This is an action commenced in the District Court for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, by plaintiff, Mid-South Order Buyers, Inc. (Mid-South), against the defendant, Platte Valley Livestock, Inc. (Platte Valley), under the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 208 et seq. (1976), to enforce, under the provisions of § 210(f), a reparation order for the payment of money made by the Secretary of Agriculture through his delegate.

Mid-South, as its name implies, was engaged in the business, among others, of buying cattle for others on order for a commission and is a registrant…