Bowles v. Texas Liquor Control Board

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant is the administrator of the Office of Price Administration under the Emergency Price Control Act of Jan. 30, 1942, 56 Stat. 23, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix § 901 et seq., as amended. The appellee is a State Board established under the laws of Texas to administer the State’s laws regulating alcoholic beverages. Such beverages are not sold to the consumer by the State, and may be sold only by persons licensed by the State. Liquors illegally produced or handled are to be seized and condemned as forfeited to the State by courts of competent jurisdiction at the suit of…