Leonard's v. Veneman

SUMMARY ORDER

UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the decision of said district court be and it hereby is AFFIRMED.

Petitioner-appellant Stew Leonard’s appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Thomas P. Smith, Magistrate Judge) affirming the determination of the Secretary of Agriculture that Stew Leonard’s, a Connecticut milk handler and retailer, did not qualify as a “producer-handler” under the provisions of 7 C.F.R. § 1001.10 (1999) despite its entrance into a lease arrangement with a local milk…