Legal Opinion
Cloverleaf Butter Co. v. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 2, 1942No. 28PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
The petitioner, Cloverleaf Butter Company, is engaged at Birmingham, Alabama, in the manufacture of process or renovated butter from packing stock butter. It obtains 25% of its supplies of packing stock butter from the farmers and country merchants of Alabama and 75% from those of other states, and it ships interstate 90% of its finished product. The production of renovated butter is taxed and regulated by the United States. Internal Revenue Code, c. 16, §§ 2320 to 2327 inc. It is also regulated by Alabama. Ala. Code 1940, Tit. 2, c. 1.
The respondents, Alabama officials charged with the duty…
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