Fred Chandler, Sr. v. W. Lewis David

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises difficult questions of administrative authority in the context of the Agricultural Adjustment Act’s intricate statutory scheme for regulating the production of certain agricultural commodities. 7 U.S.C.A. §§ 1281-1393. 1 More specifically, it relates to the propriety of the administrative cancellation of certain cotton allotments that had previously been transferred from an Oklahoma eminent domain pool to land in Texas pursuant to section 378 of the Act, 7 U.S.C.A. § 1378.

As a general principle, the Act does not sanction the sale or transfer of…