United States Ninth Circuit

A restaurant that buys wholesale quantities of perishable agricultural commodities for preparation of meals may qualify as a "dealer" of such commodities under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930 even though it doesn't sell the commodities in unchanged form.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/06/2001
• Decided 06/11/2001
• Published 06/11/2001

Judges

• Before:  ARCHER,TROTT, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen P. McCarron, McCarron & Associates, Washington D.C.;   John M. Gantus, Gantus & Associates, Glendale, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• C. Casey White, Tilem & White, Glendale, California;  Judith Ilene Bloom, Clark & Trevithick, Los Angeles, California;  Leslie R. Horowitz, Clark & Trevithick, Los Angeles, California;  John A. Lapinski, Clark & Trevithick, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees.