Legal Opinion
Jones v. Rath Packing Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 16, 1977No. 75-1053PublishedCited by 1,429 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
Petitioner Jones is Director of the Department of Weights and Measures in Riverside County, Cal.1 In that capacity he ordered removed from sale bacon packaged by respondent Rath Packing Co. and flour packaged by three millers, respondents General Mills, Inc., Pillsbury Co., and Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. (hereafter millers). Jones acted after determining, by means of procedures set forth in 4 Cal. Admin. Code c. 8, Art. 5, that the packages were contained in lots2 whose average net weight was less than the net weight stated on the packages. The removal orders were authorized by Cal. Bus. &…
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