National Pork Producers Council v. Ross

U.S. Supreme Court

Question(s) Presented

Whether the Commerce Clause permits a State to impose penalties on imports of a product solely on ac-count of objections to the way it was produced in an-other State, in the absence of any material effects within the importing State.

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Merits Stage

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to hold that California’s Proposition 12 constitutes extraterritorial regulation of out-of-state meat production and violates the Commerce Clause

June 17, 2022

Click here to view the amicus brief. Michael W. McConnel, Steffen N. Johnson, Paul N. Harold, and G. Edward Powell III of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.

The Chamber previously filed briefs in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Case Documents

U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- National Pork Producers Council v. Ross (U.S. Supreme Court).pdf