Swift & Co. v. Wickham
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Justice- Harlan
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Appellants, the Swift and Armour Companies, stuff, freeze, and package turkeys which they ship to retailers throughout the country for ultimate sale to consumers. Each package is labeled with the net weight of the particular bird (including stuffing) in conformity with a governing federal statute, the Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957, 71 Stat. 441, 21 U. S. C. §§ 451-469 (1964 ed.), and the regulations issued under its authority by the Secretary of Agriculture. 1 Many of these turkeys are sold in New York. Section 193 of New York’s…
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