Legal Opinion
Calvin L. Baird, Sr. v. United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1994No. 93-3975PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, JR., Circuit Judge.
Petitioner appeals the decision of the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (“Secretary”) finding that he violated 15 U.S.C. § 1824(2)(D) on two separate occasions by allowing horses he owned to be exhibited and entered in a horse show while the horses were “sore.” Because we find that petitioner actually attempted to prevent, rather than allow, the exhibition or entry of his horses while they were sore, we reverse.
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Before addressing the circumstances surrounding petitioner’s violations, a discussion of the relevant statutory framework is…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- William Dwaine Elliott v. Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- Preach Fleming, Albert Lee Rowland and C.H. Meadows, Joe Fleming v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Lester Murphy v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Richard L. Thornton and Bill Cantrell v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Sheryl Crawford v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- McCloy v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003
- F. Dale Rowland Denise Rowland v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- William Earl Bobo Jack Mitchell v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- Lewis v. Secretary of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
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