United States v. William B. Mandell Co.

HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

Plaintiff has filed this action against the defendant pursuant to Section 3 of 8(d) of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930, as amended (7 U.S.C. §§ 499c, 499h(d).) In substance it is alleged that although subject to the requirement that it have a Department of Agriculture license pursuant to the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930, supra, defendant, William B. Man-dell Company, has nevertheless been operating this business without a license since March 1964. In fact, on the record, defendant’s present counsel admitted Mandell’s…