Legal Opinion
Ziffrin, Inc. v. Reeves
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 13, 1939No. 8PublishedCited by 256 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
Since March 1933 appellant, an Indiana corporation, has continuously received whiskey from distillers in Kentucky for direct carriage to consignees in Chicago. It has permission under the Federal Motor Carrier Act, 1935, 1 to operate as a contract carrier, and claims the right to transport whiskey as heretofore, notwithstanding inhibitions of the Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Law approved March 7, 1938. 2 By this proceeding it seeks to restrain officers of the State from enforcing the contraband and penal provisions of that enactment.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Hudson County Water Co. v. McCarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Geer v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Kidd v. PearsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Clark Distilling Co. v. Western Maryland Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by256 opinions
- California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode IslandSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdorySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. CrispSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. HostetterSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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