Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : May-13-1963
Florida Avocado Growers v. Paul - 373 U.S. 132 (1963) U.S. Supreme Court Florida Avocado Growers v. Paul, 373 U.S. 132 (1963) Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul No. 45 Argued January 8, 1963 Decided May 13, 1963 * 373 U.S. 132 APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Syllabus Appellants, who are engaged in the business of growing, packing and marketing Florida avocados in interstate commerce, sued in a Federal District Court to enjoin appellees, state officers of California, from enforcing 792 of the California Agricultural Code, which prohibits the transportation or sale in California of avocados containing less than 8% of oil by weight, against Florida avocados certified as mature under federal regulations issued under the Federal Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937. They contended that 792 of the California statute, as so applied, was unconstitutional, because, (1) under the Supremacy Clause, it must be de...
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