Walls v. Midland Carbon Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT CÓURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WYOMING. The case is stated in the opinion. . It is noteworthy that appellants did not, by affidavit or otherwise, controvert any of the following matters: (1) That appellees had, prior to the enactment of the statute, made an investment in the business of manufactoring carbon black of nearly seven hundred thousand dollars; (2) that the factory of the appellees is most efficient and economical, and…
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT CÓURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WYOMING. The case is stated in the opinion. . It is noteworthy that appellants did not, by affidavit or otherwise, controvert any of the following matters: (1) That appellees had, prior to the enactment of the statute, made an investment in the business of manufactoring carbon black of nearly seven hundred thousand dollars; (2) that the factory of the appellees is most efficient and economical, and yields the largest amount of merchantable black that can be produced by any known method; (3) that the market price and value…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The complainants are corporations of Delaware and have their places of business in that State.
The defendants are officers of Wyoming, being respectively, its Attorney General, Prosecuting Officer of Big" Horn County, and the Governor of the State.
It is alleged that jurisdiction of the District Court depends upon diversity of citizenship, and the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution being violated by an act of the legislature of the State. Chapter 125 of the Session Laws of 1919.
The object of the suit is to restrain defendants, and each of them, from enforcing or attempting to…
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