Hutchinson Ice Cream Co. v. Iowa
| Hutchinson Ice Cream Co. v. Iowa | |
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| Decided December 4, 1916 | |
| Full case name | Hutchinson Ice Cream Co. v. Iowa |
| Citations | 242 U.S. 153 (more) |
| Holding | |
| The local law banning the sale of products without sufficient butter-fat content as "ice cream" was constitutional. | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Brandeis, joined by unanimous |
Hutchinson Ice Cream Co. v. Iowa, 242 U.S. 153 (1916), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the local law banning the sale of products without sufficient butter-fat content as "ice cream" was constitutional.[1]
Significance
[edit]Even during the Lochner era, when the Court was anxious to protect economic due process as a fundamental right, the Court consistently upheld the regulation of dairy in cases like Hutchinson Ice Cream Co..[2]
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