United Dairy Farmers Cooperative Ass'n v. Milk Control Commission

OPINION

WEBER, District Judge.

This is another attack on the notorious Pennsylvania Milk Control Law. In over two decades of public life I have not heard a good word said on its behalf. Governors and legislatures have come, promising reform, and gone, but the Milk Control Commission remains, although under a different name.

The plaintiff cooperative association was a dealer licensed by the Commission to sell milk. Licenses are reissued annually, but a hearing is required before the reissuance can be denied. In this case plaintiff alleges that the Commission failed to reissue its license prior to…