Legal Opinion
John J. Conforti, Doing Business as C & C Produce v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 18, 1996No. 95-1735PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
John Confortó appeals the Secretary of Agriculture’s decision sanctioning him for violating the employment restrictions in the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930, 7 U.S.C. § 499h(b) (1980) (“PACA”). We uphold the Secretary’s determination that Confortó violated PACA, but modify the penalty that the Secretary imposed.
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PACA was enacted to protect produce growers “from the ‘sharp practices of financially irresponsible and unscrupulous brokers in perishable commodities.’ ” In re Lombardo Fruit & Produce Co., 12 F.3d 110, 112 (8th Cir.1993)…
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