Legal Opinion
Rodgers v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 10, 1947No. 58PublishedCited by 259 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
In the years 1940, 1941 and 1942 the petitioner produced on his farms and sold more cotton than the quota allotted him under authority of Part IV of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 as amended. 52 Stat. 31, 55-60; 55 Stat. 203; 7 U. S. C. §§ 1281 et seq. The United States filed this suit against petitioner to recover money “penalties” to which § 3481 of the Act makes non-cooperating farmers “subject” who market cotton from their farms in excess of their quota. The District Court rendered judgment for $7,039.52 in penalties plus interest at 6% from the various dates the penalties became…
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