J. ACEVEDO AND SONS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 75-1359, 75-1380.

524 F.2d 977 (1975)

J. ACEVEDO AND SONS et al., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES of America and Earl L. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, Respondents. SOUTHWEST PRODUCE, INC., Petitioner, v. Earl L. BUTZ, Secretary of Agriculture, and the UNITED STATES of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Leighton, Donald L. Cuba, San Antonio, Tex., for petitioners in No. 75-1359.

Earl L. Butz, Sec. of Agriculture, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Daniel W. Wentzell, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Wm. Kanter, Appellate Sect., Judith H. Norris, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondents in No. 75-1359.

Moses Goldberg, San Antonio, Tex., for petitioner in No. 75-1380.

Earl Butz, Sec. of Agriculture, Daniel W. Wentzell, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Edward H. Levi, U. S. Atty. Gen., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Robert E. Kopp, Neil H. Koslowe, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondents in No. 75-1380.

Before GEWIN, BELL and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

These cases1 involve suspensions by the Secretary of Agriculture of commodity dealer licenses for violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930 (PACA), 7 U.S.C. § 499a et seq. (1970), and its regulations. Specifically, petitioners were suspended pursuant to § 499h for violating § 499b(4) of PACA by failing to "make full payment promptly," as defined by the regulations at 7 C.F.R. &...

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