Farm Product "Check-Off" Programs: A Constitutional Analysis

Vina, Stephen R

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Communications;    Marketing of farm produce;    Supreme Court decisions;    Constitution - U.S.;    Agricultural industries;   

RP-ID  :  RL32957
RP-ID  :  RL32957_2005Jun21

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report begins with a brief introduction to check-off programs and thendescribes many of the First Amendment principles that have been discussed in checkoff cases. Next is an analysis of the first two challenges that reached the Supreme Court, as well as a brief discussion of subsequent lower court decisions. This report concludes with a discussion of Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Association and its possible implications for check-off programs.