# Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. v. White Cross Stores, Inc.

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · March 26, 1964 · 414 Pa. 95

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6258457

## Case

- **Full name:** Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation v. White Cross Stores, Inc.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** March 26, 1964
- **Citations:** 414 Pa. 95
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Jones
- **Judges:** Bell, Brien, Cohen, Eagen, Jones, Musmanno, Roberts
- **Cited by:** 53 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the General Assembly may delegate regulatory power to “responsible governmental agencies,” but not to private persons
- holding unconstitutional the Pennsylvania Fair Trade Act as applied to nonsigners of price maintenance contracts
- stating that the Legislature has the exclusive responsibility to enunciate public policy

## Opinion text

Dissenting Opinion by
Mr. Justice Jones:
We are now asked to declare invalid the Fair Trade Act. The reasons assigned are economic in nature. Appeal for invalidation of this statute on such grounds should be addressed to the legislature, not this court.
I believe that the rationale of Burche Co. v. General Electric Co., 382 Pa. 370 , 115 A. 2d 361 , is sound and that Burche controls the case at bar.

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