In Re Northern Boneless Meat Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

OWEN, District Judge.

Appellants, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture, its agents, and employees (collectively referred to herein as the “Secretary”), appeal from an order of Judge Burton R. Lifland of the Bankruptcy Court enjoining the Secretary from prosecuting an administrative proceeding against Northern Boneless Meat Corporation (“Northern”) for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act (the “PSA”), 7 U.S.C. §§ 181 et seq. The order stays the administrative action on the ground that the Secretary’s proceeding infringes the…