EASTERN PRODUCE CO. v. BENSON

No. 12964.

278 F.2d 606 (1960)

EASTERN PRODUCE CO., Inc., and Charles Taxin, Petitioners, v. Ezra Taft BENSON, Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 12, 1960.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom P. Monteverde, Philadelphia, Pa. (Arlin M. Adams, Josephine H. Klein, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for petitioners.

Donald A. Campbell, Washington, D. C. (George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel D. Slade, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Neil Brooks, Asst. Gen. Counsel, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondent.

Before GOODRICH, STALEY and FORMAN, Circuit Judges.


By STALEY, Circuit Judge.

This action was instituted to review and determine the validity of an order made by the Judicial Officer of the United States Department of Agriculture1 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, as amended, ("Commodities Act"), 46 Stat. 531, 7 U.S.C.A. § 499a et seq. Two actions have been combined in this administrative proceeding: (1) an action initiated by a complaint against Eastern...

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