Commonwealth v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

Under review is the authority of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board over the advertisement of intoxicants. The use of alcohol in its many forms has perplexed society and its government from time immemorial and still does. It confronts them with an inescapable problem and apparently with an insolvable one. Some are cursed by it and some are comforted. Unhappy results have followed intemperate indulgence—certainly from the time of Noah—while discreet indulgence has added zest and wit to social gatherings long before the marriage feast at Cana.

After the Civil War little control was undertaken.…