Legal Opinion
Highland Farms Dairy, Inc. v. Agnew
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 29, 1937No. 573PublishedCited by 216 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Caedozo
A statute of Virginia, known as the “Milk and Cream Act,” is assailed by the appellants as invalid both under the Constitution of Virginia and under that of the United States.
The act is chapter 357 of the Laws of 1934. It recites the existence of demoralizing trade practices in the dairy industry, threatening to interrupt the supply of pure and wholesome milk for the inhabitants of the Commonwealth and producing an economic emergency so acute and destructive as to call for corrective measures. It establishes a Milk Commission with power to create within the state natural market areas, and to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Panama Refining Co. v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Smith v. CahoonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by216 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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- Grant's Dairy—Maine, LLC v. Commissioner of Maine Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural ResourcesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Jones v. OpelikaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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