Legal Opinion
General Foods Corporation and Rich-Seapak Corporation v. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 13, 1981No. 80-1502PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.
The appellants General Foods Corporation and Rich-SeaPak Corporation, as plaintiffs, began in the district court this action for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, alleging the unconstitutionality of the Massachusetts open date food labeling regulation, 105 C.M.R. § 520.119. The appellees, the Massachusetts Department of Health and the Commissioner of that department, as defendants, moved to dismiss the complaint because the matter was res judicata. They contended that the judgment in Grocery Manufacturers of America v. Department of Public Health,…
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