Peacock Canning Co. v. Turney

LINDLEY, Judge.

Complainants are packers of Maine sardines, whose protests, in view of their similarity, were combined before the Administrator. Consequently a joint complaint followed in this court.

Complainants, during the twelve months preceding March 31, 1945, had sold to the Government, at its order, “standard keyless sardines” constituting 55% of their total production during that period. Complainants had found from their experience in 1944 that the maximum prices were such as to yield to them little or no profit. Furthermore, the cost of packing had steadily increased, and, in March,…