Hall v. Geiger-Jones Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OP OHIO. These cases were heard together in the District Court and there disposed of in one opinion. They were argued and submitted together here.
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APPEALS PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OP OHIO. These cases were heard together in the District Court and there disposed of in one opinion. They were argued and submitted together here. The bills of complaint attacked from different angles the so-called Blue Sky Law of the State of Ohio, which provides: “Sec. 6373-1. Except as otherwise provided in this act, no dealer shall, within this state, dispose or offer to dispose of any stock, stock certificates, bonds, debentures, collateral trust certificates or other similar instruments (all hereinafter…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
It will be observed that these cases bring here for judgment an asserted conflict between national power and state power, and bring, besides, power of the State as limited or forbidden by the National Constitution.
The assertion of such conflict and limitation is an ever-recurring one; and yet it is approached as if it were a new thing under the sun. The primary postulate of the State is that the law under review is an exercise of the police power of the State, and that power, we have said, is the least limitable of the exercises of government. Sligh v. Kirkwood, 237 U. S. 52. We get no…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Noble State Bank v. HaskellSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Savage v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Rast v. Van Deman & Lewis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- International Textbook Co. v. PiggSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Gundling v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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3Cited by353 opinions
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