Willy's Grocery v. United States

OAKES, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, T. F. Gilroy Daly, Judge, holding that a sanction imposed by the Secretary of Agriculture against Willy’s Grocery for food stamp violations was improper under the Secretary’s own guidelines. We believe that the district court misread the guidelines and that they were properly applied by the Secretary.

Willy’s Grocery is a small retail food store in Bridgeport, Connecticut, many of whose customers use the food stamp program. The store is essentially a family-run…