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SECRETARY OF AGRI. v. CENT. ROIG CO.

No. 27.

338 U.S. 604 (1950)

70 S.Ct. 403

94 L.Ed. 381

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE v. CENTRAL ROIG REFINING CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 6, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Brooks argued the cause for the Secretary of Agriculture, petitioner in No. 27 and respondent in No. 32. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Joseph W. Bishop, Jr., W. Carroll Hunter and Lewis A. Sigler.

Orlando J. Antonsanti argued the cause for the Porto Rican American Sugar Refinery, Inc., petitioner in No. 30 and respondent in No. 27. With him on the brief were Arthur L. Quinn and Gordon Pickett Peyton.

Jose Trias Monge, Assistant Attorney General, and Walton Hamilton argued the cause for Puerto Rico, petitioner in No. 32 and respondent in No. 27. With them on the brief were Vicente Geigel Polanco, Attorney General, and Thurman Arnold.

Frederic P. Lee argued the cause for the Central Roig Refining Co. et al., respondents. With him on the brief was Noel T. Dowling.

Donald R. Richberg argued the cause and filed a brief for the American Sugar Refining Co. et al., respondents.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

These three cases bring before us the validity of an order of the Secretary of Agriculture, issued by him on the basis of the Sugar Act of 1948. It is claimed that the Secretary disobeyed the requirements of that Act. If it be found that the Secretary brought himself within the Act, the power of Congress to give him the authority he exercised is challenged. By a series of enactments Congress addressed itself...

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