SAFEWAY STORES, INC. v. FREEMAN

Civ. A. Nos. 1800-62, 1971-62.

244 F.Supp. 779 (1965)

SAFEWAY STORES, INC., Plaintiff, v. Orville L. FREEMAN, Secretary of Agriculture, Defendant. The GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO., Inc., Plaintiff, v. Orville L. FREEMAN, Secretary of Agriculture, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

September 7, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Hanson, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff Safeway Stores, Inc.

Denis G. McInerney, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Joseph M. Hannon and Gil Zimmerman, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., for defendant.


HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

These two cases present the question whether two chains of grocery stores are to be considered "packers" within the meaning of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, 42 Stat. 159, 7 U.S.C. § 181 et seq. Each of the two plaintiffs operates a large number of retail grocery stores located in various States. At each of the stores various food products are sold, such as vegetables, staple groceries...

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