PUERTO RICO DAIRY FARMERS ASS'N v. PAGAN

No. 13-2412.

748 F.3d 13 (2014)

PUERTO RICO DAIRY FARMERS ASSOCIATION, Intervenor, Appellant, Suiza Dairy, Inc.; Vaquería Tres Monjitas, Inc., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Myrna Comas PAGAN, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Edmundo Rosaly, Administrator of the Office of the Milk Industry Regulatory Administration for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Graffam , with whom Alejandro Mendez Roman and Jiménez Graffam & Lausell were on brief, for appellant.

Rafael Escalera Rodríguez , with whom Amelia Caicedo Santiago , Carlos M. Hernández Burgos , and Reichard & Escalera were on brief, for appellee Suiza Dairy, Inc.

Jose R. Lazaro Paoli , Enrique Nassar Rizek and ENR & Associates on brief for appellee Vaquería Tres Monjitas, Inc.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises from the settlement of the decade-long litigation concerning the regulation of Puerto Rico's milk industry. The intervenor Puerto Rico Dairy Farmers Association ("PRDFA") appeals from the district court's approval of a comprehensive Settlement Agreement ("the Agreement") reached by the original parties: the government defendants, including the Office of the Milk Industry Regulatory Administration for the Commonwealth of Puerto...

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