Legal Opinion
Columbia Packing Company, Inc. v. United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 21, 1977No. 76-1417PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Appellee Columbia Packing Co. (Columbia) is a federally inspected meat packing plant in Boston. In 1974 Columbia and its vice president were convicted on numerous counts of bribing two federal meat inspection officials, Joseph F. Mauriello and Do-menic L. Germano. The two inspectors were themselves convicted in other proceedings of receiving bribes from other companies. The scandal revealing widespread corruption in the meat packing industry and the inspection service received extensive local publicity.
In November of 1974 the Animal and Plant Health Inspection…
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