Maine Milk Producers, Inc. v. Commissioner of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Maine Milk Producers, Inc., a membership corporation of dairy farmers who sell their milk to Maine dealers, and Harold Brown, one of its members, filed suit on May 17, 1984, in the Superior Court (Ken-nebec County) challenging the validity of P.L.1983, ch. 573, “AN ACT Creating a Maine Milk Pool” (the “Milk Pool Act”), on the grounds that it is a tax measure that is unconstitutional under art. I, § 6-A, and art. IX, § 8 of the Maine Constitution, and also contravenes various other state and federal constitutional provisions. After a consolidated hearing on plaintiffs’…