Pelts & Skins, L.L.C. v. Jenkins

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

JOHN V. PARKER, District Judge.

PROLOGUE

The Supreme Court has held that the Constitution prohibits the government from compelling the producers of mushrooms to pay for generic advertising to which they object, but allows the government to compel the producers of peaches to pay for such advertising. Resolution of this case requires the court to determine whether Louisiana alligator producers are more like mushroom producers than like peach producers. The answer to that riddle determines whether a Louisiana statute compelling farmers of alligators to fund…