Kinnett Dairies, Inc. v. Madigan

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ELLIOTT, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are seven milk processors (handlers) who operate, or during the relevant period of September 1984 through February 1985 operated, a total of thirteen milk plants in the states of Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana, and were subject to certain federal milk pricing regulations known as Federal Milk Marketing Orders. This complaint is for review of regulated milk price adjustments, adopted by the Defendant Secretary in a hasty three week price-setting proceeding.

The proponent of…