Troppy v. La Sara Farmers Gin Co.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The appellant challenges the. constitutional validity of the cotton-marketing quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. The judgment appealed from denied his right to recover from appellees amounts withheld under the act as penalties on sales of cotton in excess of marketing quotas established under the act for the marketing year 1938-1939. The United States was permitted to intervene as a defendant. To avoid repetition, reference is made to the complete statement of facts in the able opinion of the district court in this case. 3. This cotton was…