HAWKINS v. STATE AGRICULTURE STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

No. 16741.

252 F.2d 570 (1958)

Willis A. HAWKINS, Ralph White, Floyd Smith and George J. Smith, Appellants, v. STATE AGRICULTURE STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEE et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 26, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Austin C. Wilson, Houston, Tex., Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellants.

Bernard Cedarbaum, Melvin Richter, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Malcolm R. Wilkey, U. S. Atty., Sidney Farr, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel D. Slade, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before JONES, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appellants, cotton farmers of West Texas, brought an action in the District Court for the Southern District of Texas to review the apportionment made by the appellees, the State Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee, to counties of the Texas acreage allotment for cotton for 1956 under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, 7 U.S.C.A. § 1281 et seq. A declaratory judgment and injunctive relief were sought. The District Court sustained...

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