Legal Opinion
Medo-Bel Creamery v. State of Oregon
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided November 23, 1983No. 119,219, 120,187, 121,554, 121,555, 121,614, 121,615, 121,629, 121,630, 121,631, 121,632, 121,655 CA A24687 (control), A24688, A24689, A24690, A24691, A24692, A24693, A24694, A24695, A24696, A24697PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtButtler, P. J.
This appeal involves 11 separate actions brought by various milk handlers challenging the State of Oregon’s practice, through its Department of Agriculture (state), of fixing a minimum price that must be charged by milk producers higher than the minimum price set by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The circuit court dismissed all 11 actions on the grounds of res judicata and failure to allege a justiciable controversy.
Plaintiffs are, for the purpose of this appeal, divided into three groups. The first group (“A”), consisting only of Medo-Bel Creamery, Inc., had filed a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- United Dairy Farmers Cooperative Ass'n v. Milk Control CommissionDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
- Brookwood Farms v. Milk Marketing Board & Farmers Union Milk Products Ass'nCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- In re E. J. McGovern Dairy Products, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
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