Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided July 26, 2002Published
1Opinion of the Court
Office of the Attorney General — State of Texas John Cornyn Eduardo J. Sanchez, M.D., M.P.H. Commissioner of Health Texas Department of Health 1100 West 49th Street Austin, Texas 78756-3199
Re: Whether chapter 150, subchapter A or B of the Texas Agriculture Code violates the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, and related questions (RQ-0478-JC)
Dear Commissioner Sanchez:
State statutes from other states that require labeling imported meat as "imported" have been held to violate the Commerce Clause, article I, section 8, clause 3 of the United States Constitution. See U.S. Const.…
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- College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
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