Legal Opinion
Cal-Almond Inc. v. U.S. Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 21, 1999No. 98-16921PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether an almond marketing order violates the First Amendment by imposing mandatory assessments on individual almond handlers to fund collective generic almond promotion.
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Cal-Almond, Inc., et al. (collectively “Cal-Almond”), are almond handlers subject to an almond marketing order (“Almond Order”) issued by the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 601 et seq. (“Act”). The Almond Order imposes assessments upon handlers based on the tonnage of almonds handled, and a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station EmployesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Department of Agriculture v. Cal-Almond, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
3Cited by3 opinions
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