7 U.S.C. § 206
Section 206 · Rates and charges generally; discrimination
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Giles Lowery Stockyards, Inc. v. Department of Agriculture (1977)
Most recently applied in 836 F. Supp. 1447 - Jackson v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc. (October 1993)
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.
All rates or charges made for any stockyard services furnished at a stockyard by a stockyard owner or market agency shall be just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory, and any unjust, unreasonable, or discriminatory rate or charge is prohibited and declared to be unlawful: Provided, That rates and charges based upon percentages of the gross sales prices of livestock shall not be prohibited merely because they are based upon such percentages rather than on a per head basis.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1978—Pub. L. 95–409 inserted proviso that rates and charges based upon percentages of gross sales of livestock shall not be prohibited merely because based on such percentages rather than on a per head basis.