Legal Opinion

GALLO CATTLE COMPANY v. Kawamura

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 1, 2008No. C053067PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BUTZ, J.

This case concerns the constitutionality, under the California Constitution’s right to freedom of speech, 1 of use of milk producer assessments, authorized by statute, for generic advertising to stimulate sales of milk. The validity of such commodity advertising, under the federal Constitution, recently came before the United States Supreme Court in Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Assn. (2005) 544 U.S. 550 [161 L.Ed.2d 896, 125 S.Ct. 2055] (Johanns). We will decide to follow the reasoning in Johanns in applying the California Constitution’s freedom of speech clause. We will also…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Rust v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Laird v. TatumSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Abood v. Detroit Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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