Legal Opinion
Secretary of Agriculture v. Central Roig Refining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 6, 1950No. 27PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
These three cases bring before us the validity of an order of the Secretary of Agriculture, issued by him on the basis of the Sugar Act of 1948. It is claimed that the Secretary disobeyed the requirements of that Act. If it be found that the Secretary brought himself within the Act, the power of Congress to give him the authority he exercised is challenged. By a series of enactments Congress addressed itself to what it found to be serious evils resulting from an uncontrolled sugar market. The central aim of this legislation was to rationalize the mischievous fluctuations of a free sugar…
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