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COM. OF PUERTO RICO v. ALFRED L. SNAPP & SONS

No. 79-1349.

632 F.2d 365 (1980)

The COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO on the Relation of Carlos S. QUIROS, Secretary, Department of Labor and Human Resources, Appellants, v. ALFRED L. SNAPP & SONS, INC.; Alfred L. Snapp, Sr., Chief Officer; John T. Watt & Son, a corporation d/b/a Timber Ridge Fruit Farm; John T. Watt, Jr., Manager; Orchard Management Co., Inc.; Harry F. Byrd, III, President-Treasurer; D. K. Russell & Sons, Inc.; J. Robert Russell, President; Whitman Orchards, a corporation; Gordon T. Whitman, President; Robert Boyd, a corporation t/a Cloverdale Farm; Robert J. Boyd, President-Treasurer; The C. L. Robinson Corporation; Delmar Robinson, Jr., President; R & T Packing Corporation; C. Robert Solenberger, President; E. Blackburn Moore; Fred L. Glaize, Jr. & Philip B. Glaize d/b/a Cresent Orchards; Frederick Farms; James R. Robinson, Manager; George B. Whitacre; H. F. Byrd & T. B. Byrd; John E. Crumpacker, Manager; H. F. Byrd; Harvey Brumback; James Clevenger; McDonald Farms; Messick & Beaver; James Beaver; Frank L. Snapp & Elmer G. Snapp d/b/a H. T. Snapp & Son; Frank L. Snapp; Elmer G. Snapp; R. Roland Snapp; Robert E. Wyatt; Stanley Bauserman; Stewart Bell; Woodside Farm; John W. Smith; William S. Franklin; Wayne S. McInturff; James B. Swing; George Cather; Garland R. Cather; Irvin R. King; Albert W. Messick; C. H. Orchards, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Lenzini, Washington, D. C. (Luis Guinot, Charles S. Fax, Lynda R. Troutman, Washington. D. C., on brief) for appellant.

S. Steven Karalekas, Arlington, Va. (Thomas J. Bacas, Charles, Karalekas & Bacas, Washington, D.C., William A. Johnson, Harrison & Johnston, Winchester, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before BUTZNER, HALL and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico1 from an order of the district court dismissing its complaint against a number of apple growers in the State of Virginia. The district court held that Puerto Rico lacks standing under the doctrine of parens patriae to maintain this action.

There are fifty-two defendants, all engaged in the business of growing apples in Virginia (the Growers). The complaint...

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