Supreme Court of California

A marketing order issued by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture of the State of California does not implicate free speech concerns under the First Amendment but does violate Article I of the State Constitution by compelling funding of generic advertising.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/27/2000
• Published 11/27/2000

Judges

• MOSK, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Brian C. Leighton, Clovis;  Mayer, Brown & Platt, Michael W. McConnell, Chicago, IL., and Sharon Swingle, Washington, Dist. of Columbia, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Donald Lescoulie, Fresno, and James A. Moody, Washington, Dist. of Columbia, for Matsui Nursery, Inc., Delano Farms, Inc., the Susan Neill Company, Country Eggs, Inc., Rosemary Farms, Inc., Duarte Nursery, Inc., Bidart Bros., Inc., and Britton-Konynenburg Partners as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant., Law Offices of Manuel S. Klausner, Los Angeles, Manuel Klausner and Erik S. Jaffe, Washington, Dist. of Columbia, for the Center for Individual Freedom as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant., Thomas E. Campagne & Associates and Jeffrey C. Heeren, Fresno, for Wileman Bros. & Elliott, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant., Daniel J. Popeo, R. Shawn Gunnarson;  Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Steven G. Brody, New York, NY, Christine P. Jackson;  and Susan Liebeler for Washington Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Roderick E. Walston and Richard Frank, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Charles W. Getz IV and Mary E. Hackenbracht, Assistant Attorneys General, Richard M. Thalhammer, Ellen M. Peter, Edna Walz and Tracy L. Winsor, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents., Jennifer Friesen;  Dowling, Aaron & Keeler, Dale Ikeda and Philip D. Kopp, Fresno, for the California Asparagus Commission, California Cut Flower Commission, California Pepper Commission and the California Tomato Commission as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents., Baker, Manock & Jensen, Kendall L. Manock, Robert D. Wilkinson, Linda B. Othman, Fresno, and John A. Bezmalinovic for the California Table Grape Commission and the California Stone Fruit Coalition as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.,  Kahn, Soares & Conway, George H. Soares, Dale A. Stern, Sacramento, and Robert S. Hedrick for the California Apple Commission, California Avocado Commission, California Date Commission, California Egg Commission, California Forest Products Commission, California Grape Rootstock Improvement Commission, California Kiwifruit Commission, California Pistachio Commission, California Rice Commission, California Strawberry Commission, California Walnut Commission and Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents., Jonathan P. Hiatt, James B. Coppress;  Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Berzon & Rubin and Scott A. Kronland, San Francisco, for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents., Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Catherine A. Conway and Vincent M. Waldman, Los Angeles, for Sun-Maid Growers of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents., Marie M. Moffat, Lawrence C. Yee, Dina E. Goldman, San Francisco;  Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, Steven L. Mayer, Todd E. Thompson and Margaret W. Rosequist, San Francisco, for the State Bar of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.