Legal Opinion

Shamrock Farms Co. v. Veneman

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 2, 1998No. 97-15428PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Shamrock Farms operates a dairy farm in Arizona and sells the raw milk it produces to Shamrock Foods, a milk processor also located in Arizona. Shamrock Foods distributes packaged fluid milk products to a number of western states, including California. Together, Shamrock Farms' and Shamrock Foods (collectively “Shamrock”) filed suit against the state of California in federal district court alleging that various California laws and regulations governing the sale of milk products in that state violate the Commerce Clause. Shamrock asserts that the California provisions…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Connecticut National Bank v. GermainSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  3. Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Hettinga v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2012
  2. People Ex Rel. Lockyer v. Shamrock Foods Co.California Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital v. Washington State Department of HealthCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
  4. Hillside Dairy Inc. v. LyonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  5. Lake Tahoe Watercraft v. Tahoe Regional PlanningDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1998

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