Legal Opinion
Cole v. United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 21, 1998No. 96-9069PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
Defendants-Appellants United States Department of Agriculture and Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (“USDA”) appeal from a grant of summary judgment. The district court granted Plaintiff-Appellee Graham L. Cole summary judgment on his claims that a civil penalty assessed against him violates both the Double Jeopardy Clause and the Excessive Fines Clause.
I. Facts and Procedural History
Cole is a tobacco dealer. He instituted this action to challenge an administrative penalty for marketing tobacco in excess of marketing quotas established by the Secretary of Agriculture.…
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