Legal Opinion
Premier-Pabst Sales Corporation v. Grosscup
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 10, 1935No. 8953PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DICKINSON, District Judge.
The Webb-Kenyon Act (27 U.S.C.A. § 122), confirmed by the Twenty-First Amendment, forbids the importation of intoxicating liquors into any state in violation of the laws thereof. The plaintiff claims the right to do this forbidden thing and asks a court of equity to declare and enforce it. Does the right exist? It is argued that it does - here because the Pennsylvania Act (47 P.S.Pa. § 744—1 et seq.) is in conflict with two provisions of the Constitution of the United States and hence unconstitutional.
1. Clause 3 of section 8 of article 1, known as the commerce…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- American Sugar Refining Co. v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Brown-Forman Co. v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Louis K. Liggett Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Liberty Warehouse Co. v. Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-Operative Marketing Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Cox v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. v. Young's Market Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Premier-Pabst Sales Co. v. GrosscupSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Pacific Fruit & Produce Co. v. MartinDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1936
- Dugan v. BridgesDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1936