Legal Opinion

Armour and Company v. United States of America and Orville L. Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 17, 1968No. 16285PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

At the instance of the Western States Meat Packers Association, the United States Department of Agriculture filed a complaint in 1962 against Armour and Company alleging violations of Section 202(a), (b) and (e) 1 of the Packers and Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C. § 192(a), (b) and (e)).

Armour is the second largest meat packer in the United States. In January and February of 1959, pursuant to recommendations contained in a survey conducted by N. W. Ayer & Co., Armour’s Western Area advertising agency, the management of the Western Area of its Foods Division embarked upon a…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. United States v. National Dairy Products Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Stafford v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  4. Federal Trade Commission v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1896

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Been v. O.K. Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2007
  2. Pacific Trading Company v. Wilson and Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
  3. Harold Bruce London v. Fieldale Farms Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
  4. National Dairy Products Corporation v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
  5. Central Coast Meats, Inc., a California Corporation v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976

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