Clark Distilling Co. v. Western Maryland Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OP MARYLAND. These were suits for injunctions compelling the defendants to accept intoxicating liquors for shipment into West Virginia. The appeals were taken from decrees of the District Court dismissing the bills. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OP MARYLAND. These were suits for injunctions compelling the defendants to accept intoxicating liquors for shipment into West Virginia. The appeals were taken from decrees of the District Court dismissing the bills. The facts are stated in the opinion. The Webb-Kenyon Law does not in any way change the status, or permit any State to change the status, of liquors shipped in interstate commerce, except such as are intended “to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used,” in violation of the law of the destination…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
To refer to the principal state law relating to these suits, to the pleadings and the decision of the court below, will make the issues in these cases clear and point directly to the elements required to be considered in deciding them.
West Virginia in February, 1913, enacted a prohibition law to go into effect on July 1st of the following year. Code 1913, c. 32A. Putting out of view the right of druggists under stringent regulations provided by the statute to sell for medicinal purposes and the right otherwise to sell wine for sacramental and alcohol for scientific and manufacturing purposes,…
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