Legal Opinion
Owens v. United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided August 26, 1998No. Civ.A. 96-0147-APublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GLEN M. WILLIAMS, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiffs filed this action challenging the final decision of the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) denying an allotment to raise tobacco on Plaintiffs’ property. This Court exercises jurisdiction pursuant to 7 U.S.C. § 1365.
I. Facts and Procedural History
The production of búrley tobacco in the United States is closely regulated by the USDA. See 7 C.F.R. Pts. 718 1 and 723. As part of the regulatory scheme, that agency administers an allotment system that controls the amount of tobacco that can be produced and sold from…
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