ARKANSAS VALLEY INDUSTRIES, INC. v. FREEMAN

No. 19204.

415 F.2d 713 (1969)

ARKANSAS VALLEY INDUSTRIES, INC., Ralston Purina Company and Tyson's Foods, Inc., Petitioners, v. Orville L. FREEMAN, Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture, and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

July 30, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. A. Fraser, St. Louis, Mo., J. Gaston Williamson, Little Rock, Ark., and H. Franklin Waters, Springdale, Ark., for petitioners.

Raymond W. Fullerton, Atty., Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for respondents, Neil Brooks, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Agriculture, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Kathryn H. Baldwin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief.

Before MEHAFFY and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and HARPER, Chief District Judge.


MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal seeks a review of a decision and order of the Judicial Officer acting for the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. This decision resulted from a complaint filed by the Director of the Packers and Stockyards Division before the Secretary of Agriculture, coupled with a notice of hearing and protracted evidentiary hearings. The complaint charged petitioners, Arkansas Valley Industries, Inc., Ralston Purina Company and Tyson...

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