Arrow Distilleries, Inc. v. Alexander

ADKINS, District Judge.

The object of this bill is to enjoin the defendant as Administrator of the Federal Alcohol Administration from completing a proceeding instituted by him to determine whether certain basic permits held by plaintiff should be suspended. The bill alleges that the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, approved August 29, 1935, as amended, 27 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq., is unconstitutional.

This hearing is upon the bill and exhibits, the rule to show cause and the return to the rule and exhibits.

Plaintiff is engaged in the State of Illinois in the business of distilling,…