Legal Opinion
P. F. Petersen Baking Co. v. Bryan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 8, 1934No. 203PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
Appellants are makers of bread for sale in Nebraska. The appellees, the governor and deputy secretary of agriculture, are authorized to enforce an act to establish a standard loaf. Laws 1931, c. 162, p. 430. Appellants sued in the district court of Lancaster county to have the measure decreed invalid and its enforcement enjoined iipon the ground of repugnancy to the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The court upheld, the law and dismissed the petition. The supreme court affirmed. 124 Neb. 464; 247 N.W. 39.
The challenged enactment declares that every loaf…
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