Legal Opinion
Aseptic Packaging Council v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 17, 1994PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, Justice.
Aseptic Packaging Council and Tetra Pak, Inc. (collectively, the “Council”) appeal from entry of a summary judgment in the Superi- or Court (Kennebec County, Alexander, J.) in favor of the State of Maine. The Council’s complaint asserted that 32 M.R.S.A. § 1868(4) (Supp.1992), which bans the sale of aseptic beverage containers, violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the U.S. and Maine Constitutions, violates the Commerce' Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and violates 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988). The Council argues that the trial court committed an error of law…
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