Carolene Products Co. v. McLaughlin

The Carolene Products Company filed a complaint in the circuit court of Sangamon county to restrain Walter W. McLaughlin, Director of Agriculture, from enforcing against it the provisions of a statute known as the Filled Milk act, filed July 19, 1935,-and in force ninety days thereafter. (Laws of 1935, p. 886; State Bar Stat. 1935, p. 1682; Smith-Hurd Stat. 1935, p. 1699.) A temporary injunction was issued. The defendant answered the complaint. Evidence was heard and a decree was entered finding the act unconstitutional and granting a permanent injunction. The defendant prosecutes this appeal.