Agriculture Law: Supreme Court Cases
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- Holly Farms Corp. v. NLRB The National Labor Relations Board reasonably aligned a poultry producer's live-haul crews with the companys' processing operations when it called them covered "employee[s]," not exempt "agricultural laborer[s]."
- Hunt v. Washington Apple Advertising Comm'n North Carolina law requiring that all apples sold or shipped into the state in closed containers be identified by no grade on the containers -- other than the applicable federal grade or a designation that the apples are not graded -- violates the Commerce Clause by burdening and discriminating against the interstate sale of Washington apples.
- J.E.M. Ag. Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Utility patents may be issued for newly developed plant breeds under 35 U. S. C. sec. 101; neither the Plant Variety Protection Act nor the Plant Patent Act of 1930 limits the scope of sec. 101's coverage.
- U.S. v. United Foods, Inc. The Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act's (104 Stat. 3854, 7 U. S. C. sec. 6101 et seq.) requirement that fresh mushroom handlers pay assessments used primarily to fund advertising promoting mushroom sales violates the First Amendment.
- West Lynn Creamery, Inc. v. Healy A Massachusetts pricing order subjecting all fluid milk sold by dealers to Massachusetts retailers to an assessment unconstitutionally discriminates against interstate commerce.
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