Supreme Court of California

The Court concluded the compelled funding of generic agricultural advertising should be tested by the intermediate scrutiny standard articulated by the United States Supreme Court. The case was remanded to determine whether the program is constitutional.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/03/2004
• Published 06/03/2004

Judges

• MORENO, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Erik S. Jaffe, Washington, D.C.;  Brian C. Leighton, Clovis;  Mayer, Brown & Platt, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Michael W. McConnell, Craig Canetti, Washington, D.C., and Sharon Swingle for Plaintiff and Appellant., King & Spalding, Steven G. Brody, Jeanette M. Viggiano, New York, New York;  Daniel J. Popeo, Richard Samp, R. Shawn Gunnarson, Washington, D.C.;  Susan Liebeler;  Thomas, Walton & Graves and John R. Walton, Los Angeles, for Washington Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Richard M. Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Herschel T. Elkins, Assistant Attorney General, Mary E. Hackenbracht, Linda Berg, Ronald A. Reiter, Seth E. Mermin and Tracy L. Winsor, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent., Kahn, Soares & Conway, George H. Soares, Dale A. Stern, Sacramento and Robert S. Hedrick for California Avocado Commission, California Apple Commission, California Asparagus Commission, California Cut Flower Commission, California Date Commission, California Egg Commission, California Forest Products Commission, California Grape Rootstock Improvement Commission, California Kiwifruit Commission, Lake County Winegrape Growers Commission, Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Growers Commission, California Pepper Commission, California Pistachio Commission, California Rice Commission, California Sheep Commission, California Strawberry Commission, California Tomato Commission, California Walnut Commission and California Wheat Commission as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.,  Baker, Manock & Jensen, Kendall L. Manock, Robert D. Wilkinson, Kathleen A. Meehan, Fresno;  Wilmer Cutler Pickering and Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D.C., for the California Table Grape Commission as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.