7 U.S.C. § 181
Section 181 · Short title
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 217 court decisions — leading case United States v. Morgan (1941)
Most recently applied in Org. for Competitive Markets v. U.S. Department of Agriculture (December 2018)
Applied most in the Eighth Circuit Circuit (30 decisions)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 7 U.S.C. § 204 · 7 U.S.C. § 213 · 7 U.S.C. § 201
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
This chapter may be cited as the “Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921.”
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Short Title of 1987 Amendment
Pub. L. 100–173, §1, Nov. 23, 1987, 101 Stat. 917, provided that: “This Act [enacting sections 197 and 228b–1 to 228b–4 of this title, amending sections 182, 192, 209, 221, 223, 227, and 228a of this title, repealing sections 218 to 218d of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 182 and 227 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Poultry Producers Financial Protection Act of 1987’.”