Legal Opinion
McCormick & Co. v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 16, 1932No. 599PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
This suit was brought by nonresident manufacturers and wholesale dealers to restrain state officers of West Virginia from requiring the complainants to obtain permits from the State Commissioner of Prohibition, and to pay an annual license fee of $50, before shipping certain products into the State to purchasers there for resale.
The bill alleged that, while these products contained ethyl alcohol, they were used and usable solely for medicinal, mechanical, toilet, and culinary purposes, and were not intoxicating liquors or fit for beverage purposes within the meaning of the laws of the United…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- United States v. LanzaSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Hebert v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Kidd v. PearsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Purity Extract & Tonic Co. v. LynchSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Clark Distilling Co. v. Western Maryland Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by32 opinions
- United States v. DarbySupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- United States v. Carolene Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States v. Carolene Products Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Granholm v. HealdSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. v. Young's Market Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
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