Lansburgh v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
In error, to the Police Court of the District of Columbia. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: The plaintiffs in error were convicted in the Police Court of the District of Columbia and sentenced to pay fines of $100 each, under an information charging them with having “engaged in the business of a gift enterprise.”
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In error, to the Police Court of the District of Columbia. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: The plaintiffs in error were convicted in the Police Court of the District of Columbia and sentenced to pay fines of $100 each, under an information charging them with having “engaged in the business of a gift enterprise.” The trial was by the court, a jury having been waived, and the judgment of conviction was rendered upon evidence disclosing the following facts: The defendant, Gustave Lansburgh, is a member of a partnership styled Lansburgh & Bro., engaged in business in the city…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
1. It is not denied that the power of Congress to legislate in respect of matters affecting the public health, safety, peace and morals within the District of Columbia, is the same as that of the State legislatures within their several jurisdictions. It is neither greater nor less; for “all of the guarantees of the Constitution respecting life, liberty and property are equally for the benefit of all citizens of the United States residing permanently or temporarily in the District of Columbia, as of those residing in the several States of the Union.” Kerr v. Ross, 5 App. D. C. 241, 247, 248;…
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