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Perspective

Apr. 22, 2015

'Outdated' law tested in California raisin case

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will return its attention to a depression-era law that Justice Elena Kagan labeled "the world's most outdated law" two years ago. By Christopher M. Kieser and Brian T. Hodges


By Christopher M. Kieser and Brian T. Hodges


On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will return its attention to a depression-era law that Justice Elena Kagan labeled "the world's most outdated law" two years ago in Horne v. U.S. Department of Agriculture. At issue was whether Fresno area raisin farmers, Melvin and Laura Horne, could bring a constitutional challenge to a longstanding "marketing order" that requires raisin handlers to...

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