LANSING DAIRY, INC. v. ESPY

Nos. 92-2231, 92-2232, 92-2233, 92-2448, 92-2449.

39 F.3d 1339 (1994)

LANSING DAIRY, INC.; Liberty Dairy Company; Frigo Cheese Corporation (92-2231); Farmers Union Milk Marketing Cooperative; Gerald Piche; Peter J. Kleiman; Edward O. Kleiman; Art J. Corey, Jr.; Raymond J. Marsicek; Ralph Brock; Ed E. Hanchek; Robert S. Hanchek; Raymond S. Huber; Benjamin C. Huber; George A. Huber, on behalf of themselves and all members of Farmers Union Milk Marketing Cooperative pooled under Federal Order 40 (92-2232), Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, Manitowoc Milk Producers Association (92-2232), Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Mike ESPY, successor to Edward R. Madigan, Secretary of Agriculture (92-2448/2449), Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, Producers Equalization Committee (92-2233), Intervenor Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1994.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied January 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Vetne (argued and briefed), Blodgett, Makechnie & Vetne, Newburyport, MA, Howard D. Cline, Cline, Cline & Griffin, Grand Blanc, MI, for Lansing Dairy, Inc., Liberty Dairy Co. and Frigo Cheese Corp.

Edward R. Cohen (argued and briefed), Barbara C. Biddle, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Appellate Staff, Civil Div., Washington, DC, John A. Smietanka, U.S. Atty., Edith A. Landman, Office of the U.S. Atty., Grand Rapids, MI, Gregory Cooper, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, DC, for Edward R. Madigan.

David VanderHaagen (argued), Stephen J. Rhodes (briefed), Foster, Swift, Collins & Coey, Lansing, MI, for Producers Equalization Committee.

Mark W. Reinke (briefed), Guth & Coughlin, Chicago, IL, Benjamin F. Yale (argued and briefed), Waynesfield, OH, for Farmers Union Milk Marketing Co-op., Gerald Piche, Peter J. Kleiman, Edward O. Kleiman, Art J. Corey, Jr., Raymond J. Marsicek, Ralph Brock, Ed E. Hanchek, Robert S. Hanchek, Raymond S. Huber, Benjamin C. Huber, George A. Huber and Manitowoc Milk Producers Ass'n.

Before: CELEBREZZE, MARTIN, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied January 23, 1995.

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns a dispute between groups of milk handlers, milk producers, and the Secretary of Agriculture (the "Secretary") over how certain benefits of federal milk price regulations should be distributed. This is a consolidated appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan arising under the Agricultural...

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