Coffee-Rich, Inc. v. Commissioner of Public Health

Decided February 2, 1965. Jacob Spiegel wrote the opinion for the court.

204 N.E.2d 281 · Cited 57 times

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• Aeration Processes, Inc. v. Commissioner of Public Health · 194 N.E.2d 838
• Sperry & Hutchinson Co. v. Director of the Division on the Necessaries of Life · 307 Mass. 408
• Defiance Milk Products Co. v. Du Mond · 309 N.Y. 537
• Mansfield Beauty Academy, Inc. v. Board of Registration of Hairdressers · 96 N.E.2d 145
• Carolene Products Co. v. United States · 323 U.S. 18
• Hebe Co. v. Shaw · 248 U.S. 297
• Sage Stores Co. v. Kansas Ex Rel. Mitchell · 323 U.S. 32
• Commonwealth v. Finnigan · 96 N.E.2d 715
• State v. A. J. Bayless Markets, Inc. · 342 P.2d 1088
• Cott Beverage Corp. v. Horst · 380 Pa. 113
• Pugliese v. Commonwealth · 140 N.E.2d 476
• Dairy Queen of Wisconsin, Inc. v. McDowell · 260 Wis. 471
• United States v. 651 CASES, ETC. · 114 F. Supp. 430
• Coffee-Rich, Inc. v. Kansas State Board of Health · 388 P.2d 582
• Anton's of Reading, Inc. v. Town of Reading · 195 N.E.2d 80

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