Legal Opinion
Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Foods, Inc. v. Hardin
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 27, 1972No. Civ. A. No. 71-549PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DITTER, District Judge.
In this case the question is whether the Secretary of Agriculture may issue a milk-pricing order in the absence of credible evidence to support his decision.
The controversy arises out of a ruling made by the Acting Secretary on August 20, 1969, 34 F.R. 13601, following a hearing on June 16 and 17, 1969. This decision abolished “bracketed pricing” of milk in the Delaware Valley.1 Histori*563cally, the prices paid by dairies to farmers for milk in this region were fixed under applicable federal law by the movement of certain economic indices. Under this system the milk…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Zuber v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Fairmont Foods Company v. Clifford M. Hardin, Secretary of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Windham Creamery, Inc. v. Orville L. Freeman, Secretary of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Windham Creamery, Inc. v. FreemanDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1964
3Cited by7 opinions
- Jones v. BerglandDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Foods, Inc. v. ButzDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
- Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Foods, Inc. v. ButzCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Foods, Inc. v. ButzDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- Abbotts Dairies Division of Fairmont Foods Co. v. BerglandDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
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