Legal Opinion
United States v. Wrightwood Dairy Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 2, 1942No. Nos. 744, 783PublishedCited by 268 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Stone
The principal questions for our decision are whether certain price regulation by the .Secretary of Agriculture of milk produced and sold intrastate is authorized by the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of June 3,1937, 50 Stat. 246,7 U. S. C. § 608c, and is a permissible regulation under the commerce clause of the Constitution.
Section 8c of the Act authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue marketing orders fixing minimum prices to be paid to producers of milk and certain other commodities. Paragraph 1 of the section provides that orders of the Secretary “shall…
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