LOREN J. PIKE V. BRUCE CHURCH, INC.
397 U.S. 137 (1970)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over an Act that required cantaloupes to be packed
in a certain manner. The action sought to enjoin the order as unconstitutional.
FACTS: The Arizona Fruit and Vegetable Standardization Act requires that, with certain
exceptions, all cantaloupes grown in Arizona and offered for sale must 'be packed in regular
compact arrangement in closed standard containers approved by the supervisor. . . .' Because
they are highly perishable, cantaloupes must, upon maturity, be immediately harvested,
processed, packed, and shipped in order to prevent spoilage. The processing and packing
operations can be performed only in packing sheds. Because Bruce Church (P) had no such
facilities in state it transported its cantaloupe harvest in bulk loads to Blythe,
California, 31 miles away, where it operated centralized and efficient packing shed
facilities. There, the melons were sorted, inspected, packed, and shipped. Pike (D)
prohibited P from shipping its cantaloupes out of the State unless they were packed in
containers in a manner and of a kind approved by D. P faced imminent loss of its anticipated
1968 cantaloupe crop in the gross amount of $700,000. The District Court granted preliminary
relief. A three-judge court was convened. After first granting temporary relief, the court
issued a permanent injunction upon the ground that the challenged order constituted an
unlawful burden upon interstate commerce. This appeal followed.
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