Pearce ex rel. State Market Commission v. Stanford

DIXON, Justice.

Plaintiff, Dave L. Pearce, Commissioner of Agriculture, filed a petition seeking a declaratory judgment to have declared “legal and binding on all potato growers” a *991certain “Regulation 6” promulgated by the State, Market Commission prohibiting the shipment of green, uncured sweet potatotes (Louisiana yams) to fresh market outlets after the second Saturday before Thanksgiving.

The Thirteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Evangeline, Vidrine, J., held that Regulation 6 was unconstitutional and void, being in violation of both the Louisiana and United States…