''Parker v. Brown'', 317 U.S. 341 (1943), was a

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case on the scope of

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. It held that actions taken by state governments were exempt from the scope of the

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. The case was an appeal from a decree of a district court of three judges enjoining the enforcement, against the appellee, of a marketing program adopted pursuant to the California Agricultural Prorate Act. The case led to the Parker immunity doctrine. The Supreme Court clarified its position in later judgments.

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