Hutchinson Ice Cream Co. v. Iowa

Hutchinson Ice Cream Co. v. Iowa
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 13, 1916 Decided December 4, 1916
Full case name	Hutchinson Ice Cream Co. v. Iowa
Citations	242 U.S. 153 (more) 37 S. Ct. 28; 61 L. Ed. 217
Holding
The local law banning the sale of products without sufficient butter-fat content as "ice cream" was constitutional.
Court membership
Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
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][2]

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..^[3]

• Adams v. Milwaukee

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