Legal Opinion
Lever Brothers Company v. Erbe
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 14, 1958No. 49237PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGarfield, J.
The vital question we find it necessary to decide is whether Iowa law prohibits the sale of oleomargarine (herein also called margarine) containing about two per cent butterfat. We must disagree with the trial court’s holding there is such prohibition.
Plaintiff Lever Brothers Company manufactures Imperial margarine. Plaintiff Mrs. Clark’s Foods, Inc., an Iowa corporation, distributes it to about 1100 retailers in Iowa. November 20,1956, the state department of agriculture wrote Lever Brothers that Imperial margarine contained butter oil; under section 190.1, subsection 2, Code, 1954,…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- United States v. Carolene Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Carey v. DonohueSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Stuart v. PilgrimSupreme Court of Iowa · 1956
- Coates v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1950
- Magner v. KinneyNebraska Supreme Court · 1942
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Hubbard v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
- Dingman v. City of Council BluffsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1958
- Hines v. Illinois Central Gulf RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
- Kruck v. NeedlesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
- Knott v. RawlingsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1959
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