Fairbank v. Hardin

429 F.2d 264 Arnold FAIRBANK, an individual, d/b/a Arnold Fairbank Cattle Company and Arnold Fairbank Cattle Co., Inc., a California corporation, Petitioners, v. Clifford M. HARDIN, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture andUnited States of America, Respondents. No. 23705. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. May 8, 1970, Rehearing Denied June 17, 1970. Donald L. Bowman (argued), Vienna, Va., John A. Morrow, Jr., El Centro, Cal., for petitioners. Raymond W. Fullerton (argued), Atty., Dept. of Agriculture, Wm. D. Ruckelshaus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Alan S. Rosenthal, Charles W. Bucy, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondents. Before BARNES, CARTER and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges. KILKENNY, Circuit Judge: 1 After a public hearing, held under the provisions of the Packers & Stockyards Act, 7 U.S.C. 181 et seq., the respondent Secretary 1 found and concluded that Arnold Fairbank, d/b/a Arnold Fairbank Cattle Company, the respondents in the administrative proceeding, willfully violated 7 U.S.C. 213(a) and 221 and Regulations 9 C.F.R. 201.46 and 201.55 by: (1) selling livestock at false weights, (2) issuing invoices to the purchasers showing the false…