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One out-of-state company from which Schwegmann bought milk was Dairy Fresh Corp., an [[Alabama]] firm with a processing plant in Hattiesburg, [[Mississippi]]. Louisiana health officials tried to impound the milk, Fontham noted, but eventually Schwegmann was allowed to bring it into the state. Such battles were "altruistic. … He favored unrestricted, free competition. It's principle, nothing personal with it. He had nothing to gain at all," explained Schwegmann's attorney Saul Stone.
One out-of-state company from which Schwegmann bought milk was Dairy Fresh Corp., an [[Alabama]] firm with a processing plant in Hattiesburg, [[Mississippi]]. Louisiana health officials tried to impound the milk, Fontham noted, but eventually Schwegmann was allowed to bring it into the state. Such battles were "altruistic. … He favored unrestricted, free competition. It's principle, nothing personal with it. He had nothing to gain at all," explained Schwegmann's attorney Saul Stone.
==Legislative career==
==Legislative career==
==Schwegmann in retrospect==
==Schwegmann in retrospect==
The sale of the Schwegmann chain had a big impact on the economy of New Orleans. The company ceased to exist in 1996, a year after John G. Schwegmann's death. John F. Schwegmann claimed no responsibility for the failure of the company. He compared his situation to "no good deed" going "unpunished." His half-sister, Margie Schwegmann Brown, and two hundred retired Schwegmann employees launched separate lawsuits against John F. Schwegmann in the years after the company's demise. Each won multimillion-dollar judgments against him.
The sale of the Schwegmann chain had a big impact on the economy of New Orleans. The company ceased to exist in 1996, a year after John G. Schwegmann's death. John F. Schwegmann claimed no responsibility for the failure of the company. He compared his situation to "no good deed" going "unpunished." His half-sister, Margie Schwegmann Brown, and two hundred retired Schwegmann employees launched separate lawsuits against John F. Schwegmann in the years after the company's demise. Each won multimillion-dollar judgments against him.