UNITED STATES v. PERDUE FARMS, INC.

No. 687, Docket 81-6200.

680 F.2d 277 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PERDUE FARMS, INC. and Franklin P. Perdue, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger A. Clark, Washington, D. C. (James V. Ryan, New York City, George C. Smith, Rogers & Wells, Washington, D. C., of counsel) for defendants-appellants.

Stephen E. Hart, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D. C. (J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Edward R. Korman, U. S. Atty., E. D. N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., R. John Seibert, Dept. of Justice, Raymond Fullerton, Miriam Bender, Thomas C. Heinz, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., of counsel) for plaintiff-appellee.

James F. Rill, Washington, D. C. (Kathleen E. McDermott, Gary J. Kushner, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Stott, Washington, D. C. and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, of counsel) for amicus curiae National Broiler Council.

Before OAKES, NEWMAN and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.


PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

This interlocutory appeal arises from a civil action brought by the United States under the Packers and Stockyards Act (the "Act"), 7 U.S.C. § 181 et seq., against Perdue Farms, Inc. and its chairman of the board, Franklin P. Perdue.1 The government seeks declaratory and injunctive relief with regard to Perdue's wholesale marketing of dressed, ready-to-cook poultry in the New York City metropolitan area. Chief...

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