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Hiram Walker & Sons, Ltd. v. Lawson

District Court, E.D. Michigan

Decided August 23, 1921No. 411PublishedCited by 3 opinions

In Equity. Suit by Hiram Walker & Sons, Limited, against Richard I. Lawson, Collector of Customs, and John A. Grogan, Collector of Internal Revenue.

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, District Judge.

This is a bill' for an injunction to restrain the defendants, one of whom is the United States collector of customs, and the other the collector of United States internal revenue, for this district, from interfering with shipments, by the plaintiff, of intoxicating liquor from Canada to Mexico and other foreign countries, through the United States. The question involved is whether such shipments are unlawful under the National Prohibition Act. The material facts alleged in the bill of complaint are as follows:

*374Plaintiff is a corporation organized and doing business under…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Church of the Holy Trinity v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. United States v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1818
  3. Lau Ow Bew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. Chew Heong v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  5. Washington v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Grogan v. Hiram Walker & Sons, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. Grogan v. Hiram Walker & Sons, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  3. Grogan v. Hiram Walker & Sons, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922

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