FLORIDA LIME GROWERS v. JACOBSEN

No. 49.

362 U.S. 73 (1960)

FLORIDA LIME AND AVOCADO GROWERS, INC., ET AL. v. JACOBSEN, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OF CALIFORNIA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaac E. Ferguson argued the cause and filed a brief for appellants.

John Fourt, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Stanley Mosk, Attorney General of California.


MR. JUSTICE WHITTAKER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellants, engaged in the business of growing, packing, and marketing in commerce. Florida avocados, brought this action in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California to enjoin respondents, state officers of California, from enforcing § 792 of the California Agricultural Code.1

Section 792 prohibits, among other things, the importation...

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