H.P. HOOD & SONS v. U.S.

No. 772.

307 U.S. 588 (1939)

H.P. HOOD & SONS, INC. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 5, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles B. Rugg, with whom Messrs. Edward F. Merrill, Warren F. Farr, H. Brian Holland, and Archibald Cox were on the brief, for petitioners in Nos. 772 and 865.

Mr. John M. Raymond, with whom Messrs. Lawrence Foster and Augustin H. Parker, Jr. were on the brief, for petitioner in No. 809.

Solicitor General Jackson, with whom Assistant Attorney General Arnold and Messrs. Hugh B. Cox, James C. Wilson, and Robert K. McConnaughey were on a brief in Nos. 772 and 809, for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases involve the constitutionality of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 19371 as applied in an order of the Secretary of Agriculture regulating the handling of milk in the Greater Boston, Massachusetts, Marketing Area.

The petitioners, H.P. Hood & Sons, Inc., and Noble's Milk Company of No. 772 and Whiting Milk Company of No. 809, original defendants below...

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