Amalgamated Sugar Co., LLC v. Vilsack, 555 F.3d 816 (9th Cir. 2009), cert. den., No. 09-129, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6065 (U.S. Sup. Ct. Jan. 27, 2009)

(Ag Adjustment Act provision contained in 7 U.S.C. Sec. 1359dd(b)(2)(E)-(F) unambiguous and USDA's regulatory interpretation not entitled to deference; under Act, "processor" is an entity who processes sugar and Act requires USDA to eliminate processor's sugar marketing allocation when processor permanently terminates operations; Pacific Northwest Sugar Company permanently terminated operations before sale of assets to plaintiff and USDA erred in approving transfer of allocation to another sugar company; subject sugar marketing allocation must be redistributed pro rata among all sugar processors).