Legal Opinion

Adams v. Watson, Etc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided December 8, 1993No. 93-1068PublishedCited by 100 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CYR, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, New York and New Hampshire dairy farmers, instituted the present civil rights action against the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture (Commissioner) for declaratory and injunctive relief from an alleged unconstitutional enforcement of a Massachusetts milk pricing order. The district court dismissed their complaint for lack of standing. We now reverse.

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BACKGROUND

On January 28, 1992, the Commissioner declared a state of emergency in the Massachusetts dairy industry, see Mass.Gen.L. ch. 94A, § 12 (1992), based on findings…

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