Legal Opinion
Paramount Land Co. v. California Pistachio Commission
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 8, 2007No. 06-55054PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we consider whether a statutory scheme compelling California pistachio growers to fund generic advertising through the California Pistachio Commission (“Pistachio Commission”) violates the First Amendment. More specifically, we address whether this generic advertising is “the Government’s own speech and therefore is exempt from First Amendment scrutiny” under the Supreme Court’s analysis in Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Association, 544 U.S. 550, 553, 125 S.Ct. 2055, 161 L.Ed.2d 896 (2005).
A group of pistachio growers, Paramount Land Company, L.P.,…
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