Eastern Milk Producers' Cooperative Ass'n v. Commonwealth, Milk Marketing Board

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Eastern Milk Producers ’ Cooperative Association, Inc. (Eastern) appeals a Milk Marketing Board (Board) order which certified the payment to Eastern of a claim from the Milk Producers and Cooperative Security Fund.1 We affirm in part and reverse in part.

In 1982, Sun Re Cheese Corporation (Sun Re) defaulted in payments to milk producers. On November 24, 1982, the Board notified all milk producers of the default. Three producers, including Eastern, who was the major supplier of milk to Sun Re, filed verified claims with the Board by December 16, 1982.2 Sub*195…