Blackburn v. United States

We summarize the allegations of the plaintiff’s petition. He, at the time here in question, owned and operated the Lakeview Dairy Farm at St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida. He was a processor and distributor of dairy products. For several years prior to July 1, 1946, the plaintiff had been supplying milk products to the Government’s Veterans’ Administration Hospital at Bay Pines, Florida, under contracts. In bidding for these contracts the plaintiff had based his prices upon the ceiling prices fixed by the Office of Price Administration for Pinellas County.

In the spring of 1946 there…