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NATIONAL BROILER MARKETING ASSN. v. U. S.

No. 77-117.

436 U.S. 816 (1978)

NATIONAL BROILER MARKETING ASSN. v. UNITED STATES

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided June 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Posner argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Michael A. Doyle and Frederick H. Von Unwerth.

Assistant Attorney General Shenefield argued the cause for the United States. With on the brief were Solicitor General McCree, Frank H. Easterbrook, John J. Powers III, and Bruce E. Fein.*

MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Once again,1 this time in an antitrust context, the Court is confronted with an issue concerning integrated poultry operations. Petitioner phrases the issue substantially as follows:

Is a producer of broiler chickens precluded from qualifying as a "farmer," within the meaning of the Capper-Volstead Act, when it employs an independent...

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