Legal Opinion
Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 20, 1977No. 76-63PublishedCited by 3,966 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burgee
In 1973, North Carolina enacted a statute which required, inter alia, all closed containers of apples sold, offered for sale, or shipped into the State to bear “no grade other than the applicable TJ. S. grade or standard.” N. C. Gen. Stat. § 106-189.1 (1973). In an action brought by the Washington State Apple Advertising Commission, a three-judge Federal District Court invalidated the statute insofar as it prohibited the display of Washington State apple grades on the ground that it unconstitutionally discriminated against interstate commerce.
The specific questions presented on appeal are (a)…
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