Legal Opinion

Stark v. Brannan

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided February 24, 1949No. Civ. 12944PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This is an action brought by several dairy farmers against the Secretary of Agriculture, to enjoin the enforcement of a section of an Order regulating the handling of milk in the Greater Boston marketing area. The challenged provision directs the deduction of certain sums of money from the producers’ settlement fund and the payment of such deductions to cooperative associations. The plaintiffs claim that there is no basis in law for this preferential scheme. The sole question presented for the determination of this court is whether this provision is authorized by…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Stark v. WickardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. United States v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  3. Smiley v. HolmSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. First National Bank in St. Louis v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  5. United States v. Shreveport Grain & Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Housing Authority of the City of Omaha, Nebraska v. United States Housing Authority, Etc., and National Tenants OrganizationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
  2. Brannan v. StarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Farmers Cooperative Co. v. BirminghamDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1949
  4. Atwater v. District of Columbia Department of Consumer & Regulatory AffairsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture v. Stark Dairymen's League Co-Operative Ass'n, Inc. v. StarkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950

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