Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc. v. Minnesota State Board of Pharmacy

Yetka, Justice.

This action was brought by Snyder’s Drug Stores, Inc., against the Minnesota State Board of Pharmacy (hereinafter referred to as the board) to set aside a regulation (Minn. Reg. Pharm. 37 [k]) issued by the latter which prohibits pharmacists from advertising retail prices of prescription drugs. Snyder alleges the regulation violates due process of law, imposes an unconstitutional burden on interstate commerce, and is in excess of the board’s statutory authority.

Thereafter the court allowed the Minnesota State Pharmaceutical Association and its officers to intervene as…