Livestock Marketers, Inc. And Paulk and Batten Livestock Company, Inc. v. United States

Appellants challenge an order of the Secretary of Agriculture. Appellant Livestock Marketers, Inc. is registered with the Secretary as (1) a market agency to buy and sell livestock on a commission basis at Livestock Marketers Inc., Douglas, Georgia, a posted stockyard subject to the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, 7 U.S.C. §§ 181 et seq. (hereinafter “the Act”), and (2) as a dealer to buy and sell livestock in commerce. Appellant Paulk and Batten Livestock Company, Inc., also does business at the Livestock Marketers, Inc. facility at Douglas, Georgia, and is registered…