Legal Opinion
Crowley Cutlery Company v. United States of America and Commissioner of Customs of the United States Customs Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 29, 1988No. 87-2836PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In this improbable suit, Crowley Cutlery Company asked a federal district court in Illinois for a declaration that the Switchblade Knife Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1241 et seq., which forbids the importation of switchblade knives or their interstate transportation or distribution, violates the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment. The district judge dismissed the suit, and Crowley appeals.
The roots of the case are in Minnesota, where Douglas Nelson imported switchblades, in violation of the Act, and sold them from from his home, and also (unbeknownst to his employer) from an…
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