Williams v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. Writ of error to review directly a sentence in the District Court under an indictment charging interstate transportation of‘whisky in violation of the Reed Amendment.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
In Clark Distilling Co. v. Western Maryland Ry. Co., 242 U. S. 311, the Webb-Kenyon Law (Act of March 1, 1913, c. 90, 37 Stat. 699) which prohibited the movement in interstate commerce into any State of intoxicating liquor for purposes prohibited by the laws of such State, was sustained. It was held (a) that the. law in question was appropriate as a regulation of commerce; (b) that any want of uniformity which might arise, in its operation caused from differences in the laws of the several States was to be attributed to such divergent state laws and not to any inherent want of uniformity in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Clark Distilling Co. v. Western Maryland Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- United States v. SimpsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- United States v. GudgerSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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- McCormick & Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Connecticut v. Levi Strauss & Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1979
- Katz v. EldredgeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1922
- State of Conn. v. Levi Strauss & Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1979