Dairylea Cooperative, Inc. v. Butz

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

OPINION

I

Dairylea is a cooperative of dairy producers which serves as a handler for some of the milk produced by its members. It is suing as a representative of its producer-members to challenge the base-excess provisions of an order regulating the handling of milk in the Middle Atlantic Region. In its capacity as a handler, Dairylea is required by the order to pay certain amounts into a pool for the milk which is received from producers; in their capacity as producers, Dairylea members are entitled to receive certain amounts for milk which they sell in the…