United States v. L. Cohen Grocery Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR . THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. This is one of several cases (see post, 98, 100, 102, 104,106,108,109) involving the constitutionality, in part, of § 4 of the Act of August 10, 1917, c. 63, 40 Stat. 276, known as the Food Control or Lever Act, as amended by § 2 of the Act of October 22, 1919, e. 80, 41 Stat. 297,, which is set out below.1 An indictment charged, in the first count, that the Cohen Company, a dealer in…
Read the full summary
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR . THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. This is one of several cases (see post, 98, 100, 102, 104,106,108,109) involving the constitutionality, in part, of § 4 of the Act of August 10, 1917, c. 63, 40 Stat. 276, known as the Food Control or Lever Act, as amended by § 2 of the Act of October 22, 1919, e. 80, 41 Stat. 297,, which is set out below.1 An indictment charged, in the first count, that the Cohen Company, a dealer in sugar and other necessaries, wilfully and feloniously made an unjust and unreasonable rate and charge in handling and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
Required on this direct appeal to decide whether Com gress under the Constitution had authority to adopt *86§ 4 of the Lever Act as reenacted in 1919, we reproduce the section so far as relevant (Act of October 22, 1919, c. 80, §2, 41 Stat. 297):
“That it is hereby made unlawful for any person willfully ... to make any unjust or unreasonable rate or charge in handling or dealing in or with any necessaries; to conspire, combine, agree, or arrange with any other person . . . . (e) to exact excessive prices for any necessaries r . . Any person violating any of the provisions of thjs sectiofi upon…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Nash v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Ex Parte MilliganSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- United States v. REESESupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- United States v. CressSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
14 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by598 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 2019
593 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.