Legal Opinion
Allenberg Cotton Co. v. Pittman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 19, 1974No. 73-628PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, 276 So. 2d 678 (1973), which held that under the applicable Mississippi statute1 appellant might not recover damages for breach of a contract to deliver cotton because of its failure to qualify to do business in the State. Appellant claims that that Mississippi statute as applied to the facts of this case is repugnant to the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. A motion to dismiss was made on the ground that the Mississippi Supreme Court did not pass on that federal question and that such question was not in fact raised.…
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