Legal Opinion
Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Foods, Inc. v. Butz
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 1, 1978No. Nos. 77-2245, 77-2246 and 77-2247PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of May 12, 1933, 48 Stat. 31, as amended, 7 U.S.C. § 601 et seq., the minimum price at which milk processors and distributors (“handlers”) may purchase unprocessed milk from farmers (“producers”) is subject to regulation by the Secretary of Agriculture. As a result, milk prices are typically adjusted in accordance with changing economic indices in order to assure, inter alia, “an orderly flow of the supply . [of milk] to market throughout its normal marketing season to avoid unreasonable…
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- Lefrak v. Arabian American Oil Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1980
- Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Foods, Inc. v. Earl M. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pennmarva Dairymen's Cooperative Federation Inc., Lehigh Valley Cooperativefarmers and Capitalmilk Producers Cooperative, Inc., Intervening Defts.,pennmarva Dairymen'scooperative Federation, Inc., Intervenors, in No. 77-2245. Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Food, Inc., in No. 77-2246 v. Earl M. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pennmarva Dairymen's Cooperative Federation Inc., Lehigh Valley Cooperativefarmers and Capitalmilk Producers Cooperative, Inc., Intervening Defts. Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Food, Inc. v. Earl M. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pennmarva Dairymen's Cooperative Federation Inc., Lehigh Valley Cooperativefarmers and Capitalmilk Producers Cooperative, Inc., Intervening Defts. Bobbergland, Secretaryof Agriculture, in No. 77-2247Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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