Legal Opinion
Consumer Mail Order Ass'n of America v. McGrath
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 26, 1951No. Civ. A. 1560-50PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff Consumer Mail Order Association of America is in the nature of a trade association to which the other plaintiffs belong. The latter allege that they are engaged exclusively in the business of selling cigarettes in interstate commerce. They sue J. Howard McGrath, individually and as Attorney General of the United States, for a declaratory judgment that the Act of Congress of October 19, 1949, known as the Jenkins Act, 1 is unconstitutional and for an injunction against its enforcement. The Act requires that any person selling or disposing of cigarettes in…
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