Cumberland Farms Northern, Inc. v. Maine Milk Commission

GODFREY, Justice.

These appeals arise from a decision of the Superior Court holding parts of two minimum pricing orders of the Maine Milk Commission invalid on two grounds; first, that the orders were issued without such an investigation as is required by the 1975 revision of .the Maine Milk Commission Law, and second, that the Commission, in establishing minimum prices to be paid to milk dealers, incorrectly applied the pricing standards set forth in that law. The two orders, known as Orders 76-1 and 76-2, purported to establish minimum prices to be paid to producers, dealers and retailers…