State v. Cudahy Packing Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clark County; Henry C. Smith, Judge. Information by the state against the Cudahy Packing Company and others. From a judgment for defendants, the state appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clark County; Henry C. Smith, Judge. Information by the state against the Cudahy Packing Company and others. From a judgment for defendants, the state appeals. It is well settled by numerous decisions of the supreme court of the United States that the construction and meaning of a state law, adopted by the supreme court of the state, will be accepted by the United States supreme court, provided the state law, as so construed by the state court, is not in violation of any provision of the Constitution of the United States. If the exemptions attempted to be…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
The respondents were charged by information, filed by the attorney general in the district court of Lewis and Clark county, with the crime of conspiracy, under section 321 of the Penal Code. The charge in substance is that the respondents did on or about December 1, 1904, unlawfully agree and combine together to fix and control the price of certain articles of commerce consumed by the people of the state of Montana, and to destroy competition by restricting trade therein, to wit, meats of all kinds and meat products, and did then and there fix the price and offer for sale, and sell, said…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Barbier v. ConnollySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Connolly v. Union Sewer Pipe Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- United States v. REESESupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Hill v. RaeMontana Supreme Court · 1916
- Great Northern Utilities Co. v. Public Service CommissionMontana Supreme Court · 1930
- Osterholm v. Boston & Montana Con. C. & S. Mining Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1910
- McNair v. School District No. 1Montana Supreme Court · 1930
- State ex rel. Schneider v. CunninghamMontana Supreme Court · 1909
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