Legal Opinion

Standard Computing Scale Co. v. Farrell

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 5, 1919No. 228PublishedCited by 38 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Brandéis

delivered the opinion of the court.

By the statutes of New York a sealer of weights and measures is appointed in every county and every city by the local authorities with the duty, among other things, to keep safely the standards and to seal and mark such weights as correspond -with the standards in his possession. The statutes provide also for a State Superintendent of weights and measures with, among other things, á like duty to keep the state standards, and “where not otherwise provided by law” to “have a general supervision of the weights, measures arid measuring and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Home Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Washington Ex Rel. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. v. FairchildSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. Great Northern Railway Co. v. Minnesota Ex Rel. State Railroad & Warehouse CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  4. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  5. Carolina Glass Co. v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1916

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Bantam Books, Inc. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Sailors v. Board of Ed. of Kent Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. United States v. Tom Welch, Charles Cashell, William L. Satterwhite and James M. CochranCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. King Manufacturing Co. v. City Council of AugustaSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  5. Scholle v. Secretary of StateMichigan Supreme Court · 1962

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