Legal Opinion
Grant's Dairy—Maine, LLC v. Commissioner of Maine Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 13, 2000No. 00-1040PublishedCited by 224 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Federally regulated milk dealers (“handlers”) are required by federal law to pay a minimum price for all the raw milk that they purchase from dairy farmers (“producers”). 1 In addition, the State of Maine sets a minimum price that in-state handlers must pay to in-state producers with respect to milk produced, processed, and sold in Maine (“Maine milk”). Plaintiff-appellant Grant’s Dairy Maine, LLC (“Grant”), a fully federally regulated handler based in northern Maine, brought suit against several state plenipotentiaries, including the Commissioner of the Maine Department…
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