AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE v. BALL

No. G75-39 C.A.

424 F.Supp. 758 (1976)

AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE, Plaintiff, v. B. Dale BALL, Director of Michigan State Department of Agriculture, and Ronald M. Leach, Chief of Food Inspection Division of Michigan State Department of Agriculture, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.

November 26, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Foster, Foster, Lindemer, Swift & Collins, Lansing, Mich., for plaintiff.

Robert Ianni, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for defendants.


OPINION

FOX, Chief Judge.

The American Meat Institute, a national trade association of the meat packing industry, has filed this suit for declaratory judgment, challenging Section 4a of the Michigan Comminuted Meat Law, M.S.A. § 12.964(4.1); M.C.L.A. § 289.584a. That section requires grocers and restauranteurs who sell meat and meat products whose ingredients do not meet the standards set by the State of Michigan for similar products produced and...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases