UNITED EGG PRODUCERS v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

No. 95-1243.

77 F.3d 567 (1996)

UNITED EGG PRODUCERS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF the COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgardo Rodriguez-Quilichini, Assistant Solicitor General, Guaynabo, PR, with whom Carlos Lugo-Fiol, Solicitor General, San Juan, PR, and Jacqueline Novas-Debien, Acting Deputy Solicitor General, were on brief, for appellants.

Philip C. Olsson, Washington, DC, with whom Olsson, Frank and Weeda, Enrique M. Bray and Nachman, Santiago, Bray & Guillemard, San Juan, PR, were on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and WATSON, Senior Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants the Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture and its former Secretary, Alfonso Dávila, in his individual and official capacities, challenge an order of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico granting a permanent injunction against the enforcement of Puerto Rico Market Regulation Number 3, section X(F). Section X(F) requires that eggs imported into Puerto Rico from the mainland...

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