Zuber v. Allen

This action was brought by respondent Vermont dairy farmers, “country” milk producers, seeking a judgment invalidating as contrary to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, 50 Stat. 246, 7 U. S. C. §601 et seq. (1964 ed. and Supp. IV), the so-called farm location differential provided for by order *171of the Secretary of Agriculture.1 The effect of that order is to require milk distributors to pay to milk producers situated at certain distances from milk marketing areas, “nearby” farmers, higher prices than are paid to producers located at greater distances from such areas.…