STANFORD v. LOUISIANA SWEET POTATO ADVERTISING & DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

No. 49727.

229 So.2d 712 (1969)

255 La. 96

Alvin STANFORD et al. v. LOUISIANA SWEET POTATO ADVERTISING & DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 15, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel B. Dickinson, Baton Rouge, Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, Joseph Onebane, Lafayette, for appellants.

Donald Soileau, Mamou, and Robert F. Dejean, Opelousas, for appellees.


FOURNET, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs, a number of growers and shippers of sweet potatoes, instituted proceedings against Dave L. Pearce, Commissioner of Agriculture, and The Louisiana Sweet Potato Development Commission, claiming that Act 434 of 1968 is in contravention of Article 10, Section 8 of the Constitution of this state,1 and secured a judgment declaring the act to be unconstitutional as to Alvin Stanford, Ira Burleigh, and Levy...

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