MILK CONTROL BOARD v. EISENBERG FARM PRODUCTS (1939)

MILK CONTROL BOARD v. EISENBERG FARM PRODUCTS
	Term: 1938
Important Dates
	Argued: February 8, 1939
	Decided: February 27, 1939
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
	Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds

MILK CONTROL BOARD v. EISENBERG FARM PRODUCTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1939. The case was argued before the court on February 8, 1939.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 306 U.S. 346
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Owen Josephus Roberts

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.