Rubenstein v. United States

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from a decree which restrains appellant, a Washington baker, from manufacturing or introducing into commerce in the District of Columbia “any food that consists in whole or in part of filthy or putrid substances or has been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.” The court found that appellant had been doing these things. Appellant does not question the findings. His contention is that because his business is a local one, carried on entirely within the District of Columbia, the…