Legal Opinion
Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 23, 1981No. 79-1171PublishedCited by 1,086 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
In 1977, the Minnesota Legislature enacted a statute banning the retail sale of milk in plastic nonreturnable, nonrefillable containers, but permitting such sale in other nonreturnable, nonrefillable containers, such as paperboard milk cartons. 1977 Minn. Laws, ch. 268, Minn. Stat. § 116F.21 (1978). Respondents1 contend that the statute violates the Equal Protection and Commerce Clauses of the Constitution.
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The purpose of the Minnesota statute is set out as § 1:
“The legislature finds that the use of nonreturnable, nonrefillable containers for the packaging of milk and other milk products…
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