Gnerich v. Yellowley
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Second Division of the Northern District of California; William C. Van Fleet, Judge. Suit by Waldemar Gnerich and another, copartners doing business under the firm name and style of the B. & S. Drug Company, against F. C. Yellowley, as Acting Prohibition Director in and for the District of California. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
An addition to the Constitution of the United States made by the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment prohibits the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes within the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and also the importation thereof into or the .exportation thereof from the United States and all territories subject to its jurisdiction, and further declares that the Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce those provisions by appropriate legislation.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
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