Henry Timmons Dighton v. James Coffman, as the Review Committee for Piatt County, Etc.

HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Henry Timmons Dighton, brought this action against defendants-appellees, members of the Review Committee for Piatt County, Illinois, appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant to the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, 7 U.S.C.A. § 1281 et seq. Appellant sought judicial review of the determination by appellees of the 1959 base wheat acreage and wheat acreage allotment for his farm.

The net effect of the determination complained of was to reduce appellant’s wheat acreage allotment approximately 20 acres for the…