PEOPLE EX REL. ROSS v. RAISIN VALLEY FARMS LLC

Nos. C074569, C074621.

240 Cal.App.4th 1254 (2015)

193 Cal.Rptr.3d 246

THE PEOPLE ex rel. KAREN ROSS, as Secretary, etc., Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant, v. RAISIN VALLEY FARMS LLC et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents. LION RAISINS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. KAREN ROSS, as Secretary, etc., Defendant and Appellant. BOGHOSIAN RAISIN PACKING CO., INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. KAREN ROSS, as Secretary, etc., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

October 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Boyd for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne , Assistant Attorney General, Randy L. Barrow , G. Lynn Thorpe and Linda Gandara , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant and for Defendant and Appellant.

Kahn Soares & Conway, George H. Soares and Ann M. Grottveit for California Rice Commission, California Apple Commission, California Grape Rootstock Improvement Commission, California Date Commission and California Cut Flower Commission as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant and Defendant and Appellant.

Sagaser, Watkins & Wieland and Howard A. Sagaser for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Law Offices of Brian C. Leighton and Brian C. Leighton for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents.


OPINION

We conclude here that while the California Marketing Act of 1937 (the CMA; Food & Agr. Code, § 58601 et seq.) may have its roots in the Great Depression, it also has branches that extend to the contemporary world of agriculture.1

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