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SECRETARY OF AGRI. – Appellant
Versus
CENT. ROIG CO. , (1950) – Respondent


United States Supreme Court
SECRETARY OF AGRI. v. CENT. ROIG CO., (1950)
No. 27
Argued: October 17, 1949 Decided: February 6, 1950

1. Section 205 (a) of the Sugar Act of 1948 authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make allotments of sugar quotas which may be marketed in the United States, and requires that he do so "in such manner and in such amounts as to provide a fair, efficient, and equitable distribution" of the quota, "by taking into consideration" (1) processings to which proportionate shares pertained, (2) past marketings, and (3) ability to market. In issuing Puerto Rico Sugar Order No. 18, which allotted among the various Puerto Rican refineries the 1948 quota of Puerto Rican refined sugar which could be marketed on the mainland, the Secretary took as the measure of "past marketings" the average of the highest five years of marketings during the 1935-1941 period; took as the measure of "ability to market" the highest marketings of any year during the 1935-1947 period; gave equal weight to these factors; and considered, but concluded to give no weight to, processings to which proportionate shares pertained. Held: He did not act arbitrarily or exceed t


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