95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7965, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 13,662 Cal-Almond, Inc., a California Corporation Saulsbury Orchard and Almond Processing Inc. Carlson Farms, a Sole Proprietorship v. Department of Agriculture

67 F.3d 874 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7965 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 13,662 CAL-ALMOND, INC., a California corporation; Saulsbury Orchard and Almond Processing Inc.; Carlson Farms, a sole proprietorship, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 94-17160, 94-17163, 94-17164, 94-17166, 94-17167 and 94-17182. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 11, 1995. Decided Oct. 10, 1995. Jeffrica Jenkins Lee, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellant. Brian C. Leighton, Clovis, California, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before: CHOY, SCHROEDER, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge: 1 In a previous appeal for these cases, we held that certain provisions of the California Almond Marketing Order (Order), 7 C.F.R. Sec. 981, violated the free speech and free association rights of several almond handlers. Cal-Almond, Inc. v. Department of Agriculture, 14 F.3d 429 (9th Cir.1993) (Cal-Almond I ). We remanded the case to the district court to conduct the fact-intensive inquiry necessary to determine the…