ARMOUR AND COMPANY v. FREEMAN

No. 16723.

304 F.2d 404 (1962)

ARMOUR AND COMPANY, Appellant, v. Orville L. FREEMAN, Secretary of Agriculture, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1962.

Certiorari Denied June 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas F. Daly, New York City, of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Mr. Harry A. Inman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. John G. Laughlin, Jr., Department of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen., William H. Orrick, Jr., and David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellees. Messrs. Nathan J. Paulson and Abbott A. Leban, Asst. U. S. Attys., also entered appearances for appellees.

Mr. Harry A. Inman, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of Swift & Company, et al., as amici curiae, urging reversal.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Chief Judge, and PRETTYMAN and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied June 11, 1962. See 82 S.Ct. 1559.

WILBUR K. MILLER, Chief Judge.

Armour and Company filed suit November 6, 1961, in the United States District Court against Orville L. Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture,1 asking the court to enjoin the Secretary from enforcing, and to declare invalid, an amendment to his regulations issued October 13, 1961, effective November 17, 1961. Admittedly, the amendment has the effect of...

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