Hettinga v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION [# 44]

RICHARD J. LEON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Hein and Ellen Hettinga d/b/a Sarah Farms (“plaintiffs”), bring this action against the United States (“defendant” or “Government”) as a facial challenge to the constitutionality of two provisions of the Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005 (“MREA”), Pub.L. No. 109-215, 120 Stat. 328 (2006) (codified at 7 U.S.C. § 608c). They allege, in essence, that because they alone are subject to those provisions, MREA constitutes a bill of attainder and is also a violation of equal protection and due process. Now before the Court is the…