Court: 'Got Milk?' Violates Farmers' Free Speech

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WASHINGTON, D.C. The “Got milk?” dairy campaign, famous for plastering milk mustaches on celebrity faces, violates the free speech rights of farmers forced to pay for the ads, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

The unanimous 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision overturns a lower court ruling that dairy farmers Joseph and Brenda Cochran had to contribute to the National Dairy Promotion Board campaign even though the couple felt the ads did little to support sustainable agricultural products, such as milk from cows that are not injected with hormones.


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