Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§216 Proceedings to Enforce Orders; Injunction
Title 7 › CHAPTER 9 — PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS › SUBCHAPTER III — STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS › § 216
Summary
Stockyard owners, market agencies, or dealers who refuse to follow an order from the Secretary (except orders only about paying money) may be taken to the district court where they do business. The Secretary, anyone harmed, or the United States, through the Attorney General, may ask the court, which must order them and their officers or agents to stop disobeying and obey.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §216
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If any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer fails to obey any order of the Secretary other than for the payment of money while the same is in effect, the Secretary, or any party injured thereby, or the United States by its Attorney General, may apply to the district court for the district in which such person has his principal place of business for the enforcement of such order. If after hearing the court determines that the order was lawfully made and duly served and that such person is in disobedience of the same, the court shall enforce obedience to such order by a writ of injunction or other proper process, mandatory or otherwise, to restrain such person, his officers, agents, or representatives from further disobedience of such order or to enjoin upon him or them obedience to the same.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Court Rules Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Injunctions, see rule 65, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 216
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102