Supreme Court of California

Section 32912 of California's Milk and Milk Products Act of 1947 adopts the more stringent state standards for labelling milk and milk products, and not the less stringent federal standards.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/06/2000
• Published 11/06/2000

Judges

• MOSK, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Grant Woods, Attorney (Arizona) and Thomas J. Dennis, Assistant Attorney General, for States of Arizona and Iowa as Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
•  DeCuir & Somach, Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Michael E. Vergara, Sacramento;  Blodgett, Makechnie & Vetne, John H. Vetne, Newburyport, MA;  Landels, Ripley & Diamond, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach and Sanford Svetcov, San Francisco, for Defendant and Appellant., Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson, Roderick E. Walston and Richard M. Frank, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Charles W. Getz IV and Mary E. Hackenbracht, Assistant Attorneys General, Randall B. Christison and Mark J. Urban, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent., Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, John J. Vlahos and Robert L. Rusky, San Francisco, for Californians for Nutritious Milk, California Dietetics Association, Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education, Choices for Children, Bert D. Johnson, Frederick R. Singer, Jo Ann Hattner, Ann M. Coulston, Western United Dairymen and Alliance of Western Milk Producers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.