United States Seventh Circuit

Plaintiff's petition alleging that Order No. 30, which allows certain milk producers to opt out of minimum pricing structures, violates equal protection and contravened the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act by permitting unfair trade practices is dismissed where plaintiff has not established an equal protection violation and cannot bring an unfair trade practices claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/10/2004
• Decided 08/13/2004
• Published 08/13/2004

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, ROVNER and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert N. Duimstra (argued), Menn, Nelson, Sharratt, Teetaert & Beisenstein, Appleton, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant in Nos. 03-2308-03-2661.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey Clair (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC for Defendant-Appellee in No. 03-2308., Michelle L. Jacobs, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee in No. 03-2661.