· 12/3/1964
Maine Milk Commission v. Cumberland Farms Northern, Inc.
Citations
- 205 A.2d 146
- 160 Me. 366
- 1964 Me. LEXIS 43
How courts have described this case
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- stating that “the presumption is one of great strength” and “the existence of facts supporting the legislative judgment is to be presumed”
- stating that “the presumption is one of great strength” and “the existence of facts supporting the legislative judgment is to be presumed”
- finding that Maine’s milk price regulation does not offend the Commerce Clause because it “does not attempt to control the price paid for milk purchased outside of Maine, or the sales price outside this state of milk produced here”
- “In the absence of evidence to the contrary this court will take the statements in the preamble of legislative acts to be true, and will not substitute its judgment for that of the Legislature.”
- “In the absence of evidence to the contrary this court will take the statements in the preamble of legislative acts to be true, and will not substitute its judgment for that of the Legislature.”
- minimum milk price statute upheld
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Judges: Webber, Tapley, Sullivan, Siddall, Marden, Williamson
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