Johnson v. Yellow Cab Transit Co.

Mr. Justice Roberts and I are unable to agree with the Court’s decision.

The ultimate issue in this case is whether a federal court should, by issuing an injunction, aid in the consummation of what appears to be a violation of the Criminal Code of the United States. For it must not be forgotten that a mandatory injunction, the relief sought in this suit, “is *394an extraordinary remedial process which is granted, not as a matter of right but in the exercise of a sound judicial discretion.” Morrison v. Work, 266 U. S. 481, 490.

A large shipment of wine and spirituous liquors was seized by…