Legal Opinion
62 Cases of Jam v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 26, 1951No. 363PublishedCited by 185 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act authorizes the United States to bring a libel against any article of food which is “misbranded” when using the channels of interstate commerce. Act of June 25, 1938, § 304, 52 Stat. 1040,1044, 21 U. S. C. § 334. The Act defines “mis-branded” in the eleven paragraphs of § 403. 52 Stat. 1047-1048, 21 U. S. C. § 343. The question before us is raised by two apparently conflicting paragraphs.
One of them, subsection (c), comes from the original Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906. Act of June 30,1906, 34 Stat. 768, 770-771, § 8 (first paragraph concerning…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. DotterweichSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Federal Security Administrator v. Quaker Oats Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. 62 Cases, More or Less, Containing Six Jars of Jam, EtcCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
- United States v. 62 CasesDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 1949
3Cited by185 opinions
- Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Rosewell v. LaSalle National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Steadman v. Securities & Exchange CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Baur v. VenemanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
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