Supreme Court of California

State labeling statute, permitting the word "Napa" to appear on the label only when 75 percent of grapes used are from Napa County, is not preempted by federal law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/05/2004
• Published 08/05/2004

Judges

• GEORGE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Steven L. Mayer, San Francisco;  Ropes & Gray, Peter M. Brody and Kelly B. Kramer for Petitioners., Hinman & Carmichael, John A. Hinman, San Francisco, Beth Aboulafia and Barry Strike for 68 wineries, 47 winegrowers and 3 interested parties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.,  Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty, Richard P. Mendelson, Deborah E. Quick, Napa;  Keker & Van Nest, John W. Keker, Henry C. Bunsow, James M. Emery, Ragesh K. Tangri, Daniel Purcell, San Francisco;  Horvitz & Levy and Ellis Horvitz, Encino, for Intervener.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David S. Chaney, Assistant Attorney General, Damon M. Connolly, Miguel A. Neri, Fiel Tigno and Terry Senne, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent., Pillsbury Winthrop, Kevin M. Fong and James M. Seff, San Francisco, for Jordan Vineyard & Winery and North Coast Winegrowers Association et al., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent and Intervener.