west lynn creamery healy argued march decided june massachusetts pricing order subjects fluid milk sold dealers massachusetts retailers assessment although milk produced state entire assessment distributed massachusetts dairy farmers petitioners licensed dealers purchase milk produced farmers sell within massachusetts sued enjoin enforcement order ground violated federal commerce clause state denied relief judicial massachusetts affirmed concluding order facially discriminatory applied evenhandedly incidentally burdened interstate commerce burden outweighed local benefits dairy industry held pricing order unconstitutionally discriminates interstate commerce pp order clearly unconstitutional decisions invalidating state laws designed benefit local producers goods creating barriers neutralized competitive economic advantages possessed lower cost producers see bacchus imports dias premium payments effectively tax making milk produced state expensive although tax also applies milk produced massachusetts effect massachusetts producers entirely indeed offset subsidy provided exclusively massachusetts dairy farmers thereby empowered sell price charged lower cost producers pp page ii respondent principal argument local subsidy nondiscriminatory tax components order valid combination two equally valid rejected even granting respondent assertion components pricing order constitutional standing alone order must still fall funded principally taxes sale milk produced therefore burdens interstate commerce fundamentally argument logically flawed assumption lawfulness two acts establishes legality combination indeed conjoining tax subsidy massachusetts created program dangerous interstate commerce either part alone commonwealth political processes relied prevent legislative abuse dairy farmers one powerful interests ordinarily expected lobby order premium tax raising milk prices mollified subsidy pp respondent second argument order discriminatory dealers pay premiums competitors farmers receive disbursements withstand scrutiny imposition differential burden part stream commerce wholesaler retailer consumer invalid burden placed point result disadvantage producer pp accepted respondent third argument order protectionist program costs borne massachusetts dealers consumers benefits distributed exclusively massachusetts farmers undermine almost every discriminatory tax case state taxes ordinarily paid businesses consumers yet discriminate products unconstitutional fundamentally argument ignores fact massachusetts dairy farmers part integrated interstate market obvious impact order production demonstrates simply wrong assume burdens consumers dealers pp acceptance respondent final argument order incidental burden commerce justified local benefit saving financially distressed dairy industry make virtue vice rule discrimination condemns preservation local industry protecting rigors interstate competition hallmark economic protectionism commerce clause prohibits pp stevens delivered opinion kennedy souter ginsburg joined scalia filed opinion concurring judgment thomas joined rehnquist filed dissenting opinion blackmun joined west lynn creamery healy justice stevens delivered opinion massachusetts pricing order imposes assessment fluid milk sold dealers massachusetts retailers milk produced state entire assessment however distributed massachusetts dairy farmers question presented whether pricing order unconstitutionally discriminates interstate commerce hold petitioner west lynn creamery milk dealer licensed business massachusetts purchases raw milk processes packages sells wholesalers retailers milk dealers raw milk purchases produced farmers petitioner lecomte dairy also licensed massachusetts milk dealer purchases milk west lynn distributes retail outlets massachusetts since agricultural marketing agreement act stat amended et authorized secretary agriculture regulate west lynn creamery healy minimum prices paid producers raw milk issuing marketing orders particular geographic areas federal government sets minimum prices based local conditions prices high prevent substantial competition among producers different early massachusetts dairy farmers began lose market share lower cost producers neighboring response governor massachusetts appointed special commission study dairy industry commission found many producers sold dairy farms past decade prices paid farmers milk significantly increased majority remaining farmers massachusetts forced business within year app january west lynn creamery healy relying commission report commissioner massachusetts department food agriculture respondent declared state emergency declaration noted average federal blend price declined per hundred pounds cwt raw milk costs production massachusetts farmers risen estimated average concluded regionally industry serious trouble ultimately federal solution required meantime must act state level preserve local industry maintain reasonable minimum prices dairy farmers thereby ensure continuous adequate supply fresh milk market protect public health order requires every dealer massachusetts make monthly premium payment massachusetts dairy equalization fund amount payments computed two steps first monthly order premium determined subtracting federal blend price month dividing west lynn creamery healy difference three thus federal price order premium second premium multiplied amount pounds dealer class sales massachusetts month fund distributed massachusetts producers massachusetts producer receives share total fund equal proportionate contribution state total production raw milk petitioners west lynn lecomte complied pricing order two months paying almost massachusetts dairy equalization fund starting july however petitioners refused make premium payments respondent commenced license revocation proceedings petitioners filed action state seeking west lynn creamery healy injunction enforcement order ground violated commerce clause federal constitution state denied relief respondent conditionally revoked licenses parties agreed expedited appellate procedure judicial massachusetts transferred cases docket affirmed concluded pricing order discriminate face evenhanded application incidentally burdens interstate commerce west lynn creamery commissioner dept food agriculture mass noted pricing order designed aid massachusetts producers conceded ommon sense indicated plan adverse impact interstate commerce fund distribution scheme burden producers nevertheless asserted burden incidental given purpose design program found local benefits provided commonwealth dairy industry outweigh incidental burden interstate commerce sustained constitutionality pricing order granted certiorari reverse ii commerce clause vests congress ample power enact legislation providing regulation prices paid farmers products darby wickard filburn mandeville island farms american crystal sugar affirmative exercise power led promulgation federal order setting minimum milk prices west lynn creamery healy commerce clause also limits power commonwealth massachusetts adopt regulations discriminate interstate commerce negative aspect commerce clause prohibits economic protectionism regulatory measures designed benefit economic interests burdening competitors thus state statutes clearly discriminate interstate commerce routinely struck unless discrimination demonstrably justified valid factor unrelated economic protectionism new energy indiana limbach paradigmatic example law discriminating interstate commerce protective tariff customs duty taxes goods imported tax similar products produced state tariff attractive measure simultaneously raises revenue benefits local producers burdening competitors nevertheless violates principle unitary national market handicapping competitors thus artificially encouraging production even goods produced lower cost distorting effects geography production tariffs long recognized violative commerce clause fact tariffs west lynn creamery healy products patently unconstitutional cases reveal single attempt state enact one instead cases filled state laws aspire reap benefits tariffs means baldwin seelig state new york attempted protect dairy farmers adverse effects vermont competition establishing single minimum price milk whether produced new york elsewhere hesitate however strike writing unanimous justice cardozo reasoned neither power tax police power may used state destination aim effect establishing economic barrier competition products another state labor residents restrictions contrived unreasonable clog upon mobility commerce set equivalent rampart customs duties designed neutralize advantages belonging place origin west lynn creamery healy cases massachusetts pricing order clearly unconstitutional avowed purpose undisputed effect enable higher cost massachusetts dairy farmers compete lower cost dairy farmers premium payments effectively tax makes milk produced state expensive although tax also applies milk produced massachusetts effect massachusetts producers entirely indeed offset subsidy provided exclusively massachusetts dairy farmers like ordinary tariff tax thus effectively imposed products pricing order thus allows massachusetts dairy farmers produce higher cost sell price charged lower cost producers west lynn creamery healy federal minimum prices milk producers might still able retain market share lowering prices nevertheless ability remain competitive lowering prices immunize discriminatory measure new energy indiana limbach case federal government sets minimum prices producers may even option reducing prices order retain market share massachusetts pricing order thus almost certainly cause local goods constitute larger share goods source constitute smaller share total sales market exxon governor maryland west lynn creamery healy fact effect motive behind promulgation pricing order effect renders program unconstitutional like tariff neutralize advantages belonging place origin baldwin ways massachusetts pricing order similar law issue bacchus imports dias involve tax single kind good special provisions producers bacchus involved excise tax liquor sales coupled exemption fruit wine manufactured hawaii okolehao brandy distilled root shrub indigenous hawaii held hawaii law unconstitutional purpose effect discriminating favor local products see also darnell son memphis invalidating property tax exemption favoring local manufacturers granting tax exemption local products hawaii effect created protective tariff goods produced state taxed produced state subject net tax obvious result bacchus instead exempting certain hawaiian liquors tax hawaii rebated amount tax collected sale liquors see new energy west lynn creamery healy indiana limbach discriminatory tax credit discriminatory tax rebate unconstitutional massachusetts pricing order surely invalid massachusetts rebates domestic milk producers tax paid sale massachusetts milk also tax paid sale milk produced elsewhere additional rebate tax paid sale milk produced elsewhere way reduces danger national market posed barriers instead exacerbates danger giving domestic producers additional tool shore competitive position iii respondent advances four arguments conclusion pricing order imposes unconstitutional burden interstate commerce component program local subsidy nondiscriminatory tax valid combination two equally valid dealers pay order premiums tax competitors farmers receive disbursements dairy equalization fund pricing order discriminatory west lynn creamery healy pricing order protectionist costs program borne massachusetts dealers consumers benefits distributed exclusively massachusetts farmers order incidental burden commerce justified local benefit saving dairy industry collapse discuss arguments turn respondent principal argument milk order achieves goals lawful means order whole constitutional brief respondent argues payments massachusetts dairy farmers dairy equalization fund valid subsidies constitutional exercises state power order premium provides money fund valid nondiscriminatory tax therefore pricing order constitutional merely combination two independently lawful regulations effect respondent argues state may impose valid tax dealers free use proceeds tax chooses may independently subsidize farmers free finance subsidy means legitimate tax even granting respondent assertion components pricing order constitutional standing alone pricing order nevertheless must west lynn creamery healy fall pure subsidy funded general revenue ordinarily imposes burden interstate commerce merely assists local business pricing order case however funded principally taxes sale milk produced funding subsidy respondent assists local farmers burdens interstate commerce pricing order thus violates cardinal principle state may benefit economic interests burdening competitors new energy indiana limbach see also bacchus imports dias guy baltimore fundamentally respondent errs assuming constitutionality pricing order follows logically constitutionality component parts conjoining tax subsidy massachusetts created program dangerous interstate commerce either part alone nondiscriminatory measures like evenhanded tax issue generally upheld spite adverse effects interstate commerce part existence major interests adversely affected powerful safeguard legislative abuse minnesota clover leaf creamery see also raymond motor transportation rice special deference state highway regulations burden west lynn creamery healy usually falls local economic interests well economic interests thus insuring state political processes serve check unduly burdensome regulations south carolina state highway dept barnwell goldberg sweet however nondiscriminatory tax coupled subsidy one groups hurt tax state political processes longer relied upon prevent legislative abuse one interests otherwise lobby tax mollified subsidy case one ordinarily expected least three groups lobby order premium tax raises price hence lowers demand milk dairy farmers milk dealers consumers tax coupled subsidy one powerful groups massachusetts dairy farmers instead exerting influence tax fact primary supporters west lynn creamery healy respondent argument require us analyze separately two parts integrated regulation divorce premium payments use payments put entire program contributions fund distributions fund simultaneously burdens interstate commerce discriminates favor local producers choice constitutional means nondiscriminatory tax local subsidy guarantee constitutionality program whole new york minimum price order also used constitutional means state power regulate prices held unconstitutional deleterious effects baldwin seelig similarly law held unconstitutional bacchus involved exercise hawaii undisputed power tax grant tax exemptions commerce clause jurisprudence rigid controlled form state erects barriers commerce rather cases eschewed formalism sensitive analysis purposes effects declared years ago commerce clause forbids discrimination whether forthright ingenious case duty determine whether statute attack whatever name may practical operation work discrimination interstate commerce best maxwell maryland louisiana exxon governor maryland see also guy baltimore invalidating discriminatory wharfage fees mere expedient device accomplish indirection state accomplish direct tax build domestic commerce means unequal oppressive burdens upon industry west lynn creamery healy business baldwin seelig ultimate principle one state dealings another may put position economic isolation formulas catchwords subordinate overmastering requirement dean milk madison new energy indiana limbach invalidating reciprocal tax credit effect tax es product made indiana manufacturers rate higher product made ohio manufacturers respondent also argues since massachusetts milk dealers pay order premiums competitors massachusetts farmers pricing order imposes discriminatory burden commerce brief respondent argument withstand scrutiny possible doubt massachusetts imposed higher sales tax milk produced maine milk produced massachusetts tax struck spite fact sales tax imposed consumers consumers compete dairy farmers years cases rightly concluded imposition differential burden part stream commerce wholesaler retailer consumer invalid burden placed point result disadvantage producer brown maryland wheat tax occupation importer like manner tax importation must add price article paid consumer importer like manner direct duty article made distinction tax thing imported person importer influence part west lynn creamery healy subject obvious controversy interfere equally power regulate commerce darnell son city memphis differential burden intermediate stage manufacturer bacchus imports dias differential burden wholesaler webber virginia differential burden sales agent new energy indiana limbach differential burden retailer respondent also argues operation order disproves claim protectionism consumers feel effect retail price increase dealers substantial presence brief respondent emphasis original argument accepted undermine almost every discriminatory tax case state taxes ordinarily paid businesses consumers yet discriminate products unconstitutional idea discriminatory tax interfere interstate commerce merely burden tax borne consumers taxing state thoroughly repudiated bacchus imports dias cost tariff also borne primarily local consumers yet tariff paradigmatic commerce clause violation fundamentally respondent ignores fact massachusetts dairy farmers part integrated interstate market noted supra purpose effect pricing order divert market share massachusetts dairy farmers diversion necessarily injures dairy farmers neighboring furthermore massachusetts order regulates portion interstate market milk broadly regulated federal milk west lynn creamery healy marketing order covers new england cfr massachusetts producers deliver milk dealers regulated market participants interstate milk market producers sell market guaranteed minimum blend price federal order fact massachusetts order imposes assessments massachusetts sales distributes massachusetts producers exclude either assessments payments interstate market extent assessments affect relative volume class milk products sold marketing area compared classes milk products necessarily affect blend price payable even producers sell markets obvious impact order production demonstrates simply wrong assume pricing order burdens massachusetts consumers dealers finally respondent argues incidental burden interstate commerce outweighed local benefits preserving massachusetts dairy industry brief respondent closely related west lynn creamery healy argument respondent urges purpose order save industry collapse protectionist brief respondent accept arguments make virtue vice rule discrimination condemns preservation local industry protecting rigors interstate competition hallmark economic protectionism commerce clause prohibits bacchus imports dias explicitly rejected distinction thriving struggling enterprises whether state attempting enhance thriving substantial business enterprises subsidize financially troubled ones irrelevant commerce clause analysis ibid characteristic eloquence justice cardozo responded argument respondent echoes today argument pressed upon us however end served milk control act something economic welfare farmers class classes end west lynn creamery healy served maintenance regular adequate supply pure wholesome milk supply put jeopardy farmers state unable earn living income nebbia new york supra let exception admitted state times stress strain say farmers merchants workmen must protected competition without lest go upon poor relief lists perish altogether give entrance excuse invite speedy end national solidarity constitution framed dominion political philosophy less parochial range framed upon theory peoples several must sink swim together long run prosperity salvation union division baldwin seelig west lynn creamery healy system fostered commerce clause every farmer every craftsman shall encouraged produce certainty free access every market nation home embargoes withhold exports foreign state customs duties regulations exclude likewise every consumer may look free competition every producing area nation protect exploitation vision founders doctrine given reality hood sons du mond ordered footnotes explanation term blend price see previous order first issued february amended february app brief respondent amended order issue case dealer defined person engaged within commonwealth business receiving purchasing pasteurizing bottling processing distributing otherwise handling milk purchases receives milk sale consignee agent producer shall include app app west lynn creamery commissioner dept food agriculture mass commissioner appears set order premium third difference federal price massachusetts farmers produce milk sold fluid milk state app since massachusetts dairy farmers produce milk assessment difference federal minimum price generates enough revenue give massachusetts dairy farmers entire difference federal minimum price without leaving surplus paying massachusetts dairy farmers entire difference federal minimum price order premium allows massachusetts farmers whose cost production sell milk without loss federal minimum price explanation term class see supra producer defined person producing milk dairy cattle app disbursement subject two qualifications first farmer produced pounds milk considered produced pounds second producer may receive payments make net price per cwt including federal minimum price payments equalization fund higher limitations lead surplus dairy equalization fund surplus returned dealers negative aspect commerce clause considered important father constitution james madison one letters madison wrote commerce clause grew abuse power importing taxing intended negative preventive provision injustice among rather power used positive purposes general government farrand records federal convention numerical example may make effect clearer suppose federal minimum price producers sell milk profitably price producers need price order break even pricing order tax order premium difference target price federal minimum price assuming tax generates sufficient funds case long milk produced state appears case massachusetts farmers receive subsidy subsidy allow lower prices still breaking even selling massachusetts dairy farmers able compete producers net effect tax subsidy like tariff raise price paid dealers exactly milk sold massachusetts produced state net prices rise farmers produce raw milk dairy equalization fund surplus refunded milk dealers refund mitigate price increase although effect ability program enable west lynn creamery healy massachusetts dairy farmers compete new energy noted true cotrell sporhase effect state refusal accept offered reciprocity total elimination transport subject product offering state whereas present case effect refusal product placed substantial commercial disadvantage discriminatory tax treatment makes difference purposes commerce clause analysis leading case baldwin seelig new york law excluding milk impose absolute ban rather allowed importation sale long initial purchase dairy farmer made new york price words appellant order sell product ohio cut profits reducing sales price market price sufficiently compensate ohio forgone tax credit also milk baldwin order sell product new york cut profits increasing purchase price market price sufficiently meet new premium viewed new york law economic barrier competition equivalent rampart customs duties say massachusetts dairy industry may continue shrink market share massachusetts dairy producers may continue fall may case massachusetts producers costs high even pricing order many west lynn creamery healy unable compete nevertheless pricing order certainly allow massachusetts dairy farmers remain business pricing order imposed commerce clause purposes matter whether challenged regulation actually increases market share local producers whether merely mitigates projected decline see bacchus imports dias perceive principle commerce clause jurisprudence supporting distinction thriving struggling enterprises baldwin seelig indeed aspect pricing order allows give massachusetts farmers benefit three times valuable per cwt tax order premium imposed see supra one might attempt distinguish bacchus noting rebate case goes entity pays tax milk dealers dairy farmers rebating taxes directly producers rather dealers however merely reinforces conclusion pricing order favor local producers taxes refunded dealers might impact interstate commerce dealers might use funds increase price quantity milk purchased massachusetts dairy farmers refund dealers might therefore result advantage producers hand refunding monies directly dairy farmers pricing order ensures massachusetts producers benefit never squarely confronted constitutionality subsidies need however noted irect subsidization domestic industry ordinarily run afoul negative commerce clause new energy indiana limbach see also hughes alexandria scrap stevens concurring addition undisputed may try attract business creating environment conducive economic activity maintaining good roads sound public education low taxes zobel williams brennan concurring bacchus imports dias west lynn creamery healy metropolitan life ins ward undisputed overwhelming majority milk sold massachusetts produced elsewhere thus even though tax applied milk produced state state tax collected comes taxes milk addition tax milk unlike imposed milk impose burden producers dairy farmers confident taxes paid milk returned via dairy stabilization fund principle recognized conceptually similar field intergovernmental taxation nondiscrimination also plays central role setting boundary permissible impermissible washington political check provided state tax falls significant group state citizens counted upon use votes keep state raising tax excessively thus placing unfair burden federal government south carolina baker county fresno governor special commission relative establishment dairy stabilization fund realized consumers unlikely organize effectively oppose pricing order commission report remarked estimated two cent increase per quart milk noticed consuming public app price milk varies often many reasons consumers unlikely feel price increases attribute pricing order way changing demand class milk products changes blend price producers entire area covered marketing order see supra among local benefits respondent identifies protecting unique open space related benefits brief respondent massachusetts judicial recognized relegating open space point single west lynn creamery commissioner dept food agriculture mass argument environmental benefits central enhancement market share massachusetts dairy farmers merely incidental turns pricing order head addition even environmental west lynn creamery healy preservation central purpose pricing order sufficient uphold discriminatory regulation see philadelphia new jersey finally suggestion collapse dairy industry endangers open space dairy farms enclosed fences decline farming may well lead less rather intensive land use one scholar noted many people assume land lost agriculture urban uses true agricultural land urbanized especially since world war ii major portion land moving agriculture years abandoned natural forest growth foster macconnell agricultural land use change massachusetts research bulletin see also department agriculture daugherty major uses land pp agricultural economic decline grazing pasture land offset increased wilderness wildlife park areas distinction power state shelter people menaces health safety fraud even dangers emanate interstate commerce lack power retard burden constrict flow commerce economic advantage one deeply rooted history law hood sons du mond see also bacchus imports dias surprisingly large number commerce clause cases arose attempts protect local dairy farmers schollenberger pennsylvania baldwin seelig hood sons du mond dean milk madison polar ice cream creamery andrews great atlantic pacific tea cottrell reasons political effectiveness milk producers explored miller industrial organization political production case study institutional theoretical economics west lynn creamery healy justice scalia justice thomas joins concurring judgment view challenged massachusetts pricing order invalid negative commerce clause jurisprudence reasons explained part ii agree reasons assigned seem explained part broad expansion current law accordingly concur judgment purpose negative commerce clause often said create national market follow however never held every state law obstructs national market violates commerce clause yet says today seems canvassed entire corpus negative commerce clause opinions culled every snippet reasoning melded sweeping principle constitution violated state law regulation artificially encourag es production even goods produced lower cost west lynn creamery healy ante see also ante law unconstitutional neutraliz es advantage possessed lower cost producers ante price order unconstitutional allows producers produce higher cost sell price charged lower cost producers ante state program unconstitutional neutralizes advantages belonging place origin quoting baldwin seelig ante preservation local industry protecting rigors interstate competition hallmark economic protectionism commerce clause prohibits seems appreciate eagerness expressly reserve question constitutionality subsidies industry ante expansive view commerce clause calls question wide variety state laws hitherto thought permissible seems state subsidy clearly invalid formulation guiding principle identified guardedly asserts pure subsidy funded general revenue ordinarily imposes burden interstate commerce merely assists local business ante emphasis added analysis must taken true local businesses local hardware store competing businesses state notes funding subsidy massachusetts taxed milk produced thus assists local farmers burdens interstate commerce ibid said almost subsidies funded general state revenues almost invariably include monies use taxes products even funding come part taxes goods merely assist ing businesses unquestionably west lynn creamery healy neutralizes advantages possessed enterprises subsidies particularly form cash comes thing tax forgiveness often admitted purpose indeed nationally advertised purpose making profitable conduct business elsewhere distorting normal market incentives guiding principle also appears call question many garden variety state laws heretofore permissible negative commerce clause state law example requires contrary industry practice use recyclable packaging materials favors local producers establish additional separate packaging operation sales analysis believed law unconstitutional without regard whether disruption national market real purpose restriction without need balance importance state interests thereby pursued see pike bruce church results greatly extend negative commerce clause beyond current scope intend consequences want foster needless litigation concerning adopted expansive rationale another basis deciding case available proceed discuss ii historical record provides grounds reading commerce clause says authorization congress regulate commerce tyler pipe industries washington state dept revenue scalia concurring part dissenting part nonetheless formally adopted doctrine negative commerce west lynn creamery healy clause years ago see case state freight tax wall since decided vast number negative commerce clause cases engendering considerable reliance interests result stare decisis grounds enforce negative commerce clause two situations state law facially discriminates interstate commerce state law indistinguishable type law previously held unconstitutional see itel containers huddleston nn slip nn scalia concurring judgment collecting cases applying approach least second part always easy since one gets beyond facial discrimination negative commerce clause jurisprudence becomes long quagmire northwestern portland cement minnesota see generally currie constitution first hundred years pp object however produce clear rule honors holdings past decisions declines extend rationale produced decisions see american trucking scheiner scalia dissenting west lynn creamery healy issue us present case whether third methodologies must fall although question close conclude principled point disembark negative commerce clause train difference methodology discriminatory exemption nondiscriminatory tax methodology discriminatory refund nondiscriminatory tax money taken returned rather simply left favored taxpayer first place difference hand difference assisting industry discriminatory taxation assisting industry means west lynn creamery healy therefore allow state subsidize domestic industry long nondiscriminatory taxes go state general revenue fund perhaps commentators contend line comports important economic reality state less likely maintain subsidy citizens perceive money general fund available number competing nonprotectionist purposes see coenen untangling exemption dormant commerce clause collins economic union constitutional value gergen selfish state market see also ante however basis position chief justice explains nalysis interest group participation political process may serve many useful purposes serving basis interpreting dormant commerce clause one post dissenting opinion instead draw line clear rational line limits extant negative commerce clause jurisprudence west lynn creamery healy chief justice rehnquist justice blackmun joins dissenting less description reasons lay behind massachusetts law strikes law undoubtedly sought aid struggling massachusetts dairy farmers beset steady declining prices escalating costs situation apparently unique massachusetts new jersey filed amicus brief support respondent new jersey enacted similar law lie northeastern metropolitan corridor urbanized area every prospect becoming value agricultural land located near metropolitan areas driven demand housing similar urban uses distressed farmers eventually sell developers merely farm produce lost milk production case massachusetts special commission whose report basis order question found without continued existence dairy farmers commonwealth lose supply locally produced fresh milk together open lands west lynn creamery healy used wildlife refuges recreation hunting fishing tourism education app milk control bd eisenberg farm products upheld pennsylvania statute establishing minimum prices paid pennsylvania dairy farmers commerce clause challenge pennsylvania milk dealer shipped milk purchased pennsylvania new york sold observed purpose statute reach domestic situation interest welfare producers consumers milk pennsylvania went say one commonest forms state action exercise police power directed control local conditions exerted interest welfare state citizens every state police statute necessarily affect interstate commerce degree statute run west lynn creamery healy counter grant congressional power merely incidentally indirectly involves burdens interstate commerce principles guided judicial decision century consistent precedent observes pure subsidy funded general revenue ordinarily imposes burden interstate commerce merely assists local business ante correctly recognizes ondiscriminatory measures like evenhanded tax issue generally upheld due deference normally accorded state political process passing legislation light various competing interest groups ante citing minnesota clover leaf creamery raymond motor transportation rice strikes method state subsidization nondiscriminatory tax levied milk dealers coupled subsidy milk producers ante view west lynn creamery healy method imposing tax subsidy distorts state political process dairy farmers otherwise lobby tax mollified subsidy ante points still least two strong interest groups opposed milk milk dealers importantly nothing dormant commerce clause suggests fate state regulation turn upon particular lawful manner state subsidy enacted promulgated analysis interest group participation political process may serve many useful purposes serving basis interpreting dormant commerce clause one concludes combined effect milk order simultaneously burdens interstate commerce discriminates favor local producers ante support conclusion cites baldwin seelig bacchus imports dias supra two examples constitutional means held unconstitutional effects interstate commerce baldwin bacchus far cry case baldwin supra order sell bottled milk new york milk dealers required pay minimum price milk even though purchased milk vermont farmers lower price scheme found effort prevent vermont milk producers selling new york dealers lower market price justice cardozo explained new york statute importer may keep milk drink sell may scheme clearly made less attractive new york dealers purchase milk vermont farmers disputed law negated economic advantage massachusetts west lynn creamery healy milk order adverse effect milk dealers incentives purchase lower priced milk farmers dealers milk taxed equally borrow justice cardozo description milk dealers massachusetts free keep milk drink milk sell equal terms local milk bacchus state hawaii combined undisputed power tax grant exemptions manner found violative commerce clause state exempted local wine burdens excise tax levied liquor sales despite strained attempt compare scheme bacchus milk order case ante clear milk order produce effect interstate commerce tax exemption bacchus agree statement bacchus distinguished noting rebate case goes entity pays tax milk dealers dairy farmers ante distinction significant difference decided case supports conclusion negative commerce clause prohibits state using money lawfully obtained neutral tax milk dealers distributing subsidy dairy farmers indeed case comes closest supporting result reaches opinion butler held unconstitutional otherwise valid tax processing agricultural products use revenue raised tax put half century ago justice brandeis said dissenting opinion new state ice liebmann west lynn creamery healy stay experimentation things social economic grave responsibility denial right experiment may fraught serious consequences nation one happy incidents federal system single courageous state may citizens choose serve laboratory try novel social economic experiments without risk rest country