Legal Opinion
Nebbia v. New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 5, 1934No. 531PublishedCited by 1,819 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts
Court.
The Legislature of New York established, by Chapter 158 of the Laws of 1933, a Milk Control Board with power, among other things, to “ fix minimum and maximum . . . retail prices to be charged by . . . stores to consumers for consumption off the premises where sold.” The Board fixed nine cents as the price to be charged by a store for & quart of milk. Nebbia, the proprietor of a grocery store in Rochester, sold two quarts and a five cent loaf of bread for eighteen cents; and was. convicted for violating the Board’s order. At his trial he asserted the statute and order contravene the…
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