Legal Opinion
National Broiler Marketing Ass'n v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 12, 1978No. 77-117PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
Once again,1 this time in an antitrust context, the Court is confronted with an issue concerning integrated poultry operations. Petitioner phrases the issue substantially as follows:
Is a producer of broiler chickens precluded from qualifying as a “farmer,” within the meaning of the Capper-*818Volstead Act, when it employs an independent contractor to tend the chickens during the “grow-out” phase from chick to mature chicken? 2
The issue apparently is of importance to the broiler industry and in the administration of the antitrust laws.3
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In April 1973, in the United States District Court for the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. Borden Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Tigner v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Addison v. Holly Hill Fruit Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Frost v. Corporation Comm'n of Okla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- United States v. SissonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by79 opinions
- Terry v. Tyson Farms, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2010
- In Re Chicken Antitrust Litigation American PoultryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Robert B. Alexander v. National Farmers Organization v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc., Mid-America Dairymen, Associated Reserve Standby Pool Cooperative, Wesley Johnson, Gary Hanman, Harold S. Nelson and David Parr, Central Milk Producers Cooperative, Robert B. Alexander v. National Farmers Organization v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc., Mid-America Dairymen Associated Reserve Standby Pool Cooperative Wesley Johnson Gary Hanman Harold S. Nelson David Parr Central Milk Producers Cooperative. Robert B. Alexander v. National Farmers Organization v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc., Mid-America Dairymen, Inc., Associated Reserve Standby Pool Cooperative Wesley Johnson Gary Hanman Harold S. Nelson David Parr Central Milk Producers CooperativeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Chicago Professional Sports Limited Partnership and Wgn Continental Broadcasting Company v. National Basketball AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Dannenberg v. Software Toolworks Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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