State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. v. Young's Market Co.

Mr. Justice Brandéis

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit, brought in the federal court for southern California, challenges the validity, under the Twenty-first Amendment of the Federal Constitution, of the provisions of a statute of that State, and of the regulations there- . under, which impose a license-fee of $500 for the privilege of importing beer to any place within its borders. The license does not confer the privilege of selling. Compare Premier-Pabst Sales Co. v. Grosscup, 298 U. S. 226.

The plaintiffs are domestic corporations and individual citizens of California who sue on…