Legal Opinion

Collins v. New Hampshire

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 23, 1898No. 17PublishedCited by 44 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. The case is stated in the opinion. It was argued with Schollenberger v. Pennsylvania, ante, 1, by the same counsel for plaintiff in error.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham

This case comes here bj^ virtue of a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of New Hampshire, by which we are called upon to review the judgment of that court sustaining a conviction of the plaintiff in error in the court of first instance of a violation of the public statutes of the State, prohibiting the sale of oleomargarine as a substitute for butter unless it is of a pink color. The law is to be found in sections ■ 19 and 20, chap. 127, Public Statutes, 1891. The two sections are set forth in the margin. 1

The plaintiff in error was convicted of selling a package of oleomargarine…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Henderson v. Mayor of the City of New York Commissioners of Immigration v. North German LloydSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Morgan's Steamship Co. v. Louisiana Board of HealthSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Hammer v. DagenhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  2. Cloverleaf Butter Co. v. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture & IndustriesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Charles F. Champion, Appt. v. John C. Ames, United States MarshalSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  4. State ex rel. Gaulke v. TurnerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1917
  5. John F. Jelke Co. v. EmeryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1927

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