Legal Opinion
Swedenburg v. Kelly
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 12, 2004No. Docket Nos. 02-9511, 03-7089PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWesley, Circuit J.
On December 6, 1933, the New York Times declared that “[p]rohibition of alcoholic beverages as a national policy ended at 5:32 1/2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time” when Utah became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment. Final Action at Capital, N.Y. TIMES, Dec. 6, 1933, at 1. Utah had seen fit to delay its vote so that it might have the “honor” of ending the Prohibition era — -Pennsylvania and Ohio had ratified the Amendment earlier that day. As the nation prepared to return to the legal use of alcohol, extra quotas of Canadian whiskies were made ready at the border while…
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