Cherry Growers, Inc. v. Agricultural Marketing & Bargaining Board

In these consolidated cases, all involving the same three parties, we are presented issues of jurisdiction and statutory construction under the Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Act (hereafter the amba or the act), MCL 290.701 et seq.-, MSA 12.94(101) et seq., to determine whether Cherry Growers, Inc. (CGl), is subject to the mandatory bargaining and arbitration provisions of the act. We hold that jurisdiction in this matter rests with the Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Board (ambb) rather than the circuit court. We affirm the ambb’s determination that CGI is subject to mandatory…