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Thurlow v. Massachusetts

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 18, 1847PublishedCited by 427 opinions

No. Thurlow v. Massachusetts. to .iO A No. Peirce v. New Hampshire. GO O ft No. Fletcher v. Rhode Island, O U3-Ph (p. 597.) No. Peirce v. New Hampshire. (p. 609.) No Thurlow v. Massachusetts, (p. 618.) Mr. Justice Woodbury, one opinion, three cases, (p. 631.) Mr. Justice Grier, one opinion, three cases. Thuklow v. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This case was brought up from the Supreme-Judicial Court of. Massachusetts.

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No. Thurlow v. Massachusetts. to .iO A No. Peirce v. New Hampshire. GO O ft No. Fletcher v. Rhode Island, O U3-Ph (p. 597.) No. Peirce v. New Hampshire. (p. 609.) No Thurlow v. Massachusetts, (p. 618.) Mr. Justice Woodbury, one opinion, three cases, (p. 631.) Mr. Justice Grier, one opinion, three cases. Thuklow v. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This case was brought up from the Supreme-Judicial Court of. Massachusetts. The plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted, under the Revised Siatutes of-the -State, for selling liquor without a license. The indictment contained several…

1Opinion of the Court

Laws of Massachusetts, providing that no person shall presume to be a retailer or seller of wine, brandy; rum, or other spirituous liquors, in a less quantity than twenty-eight gallons, and that delivered and carried away all at one time, unless he is first licensed as a retailer of wine and spirits, arid that nothing in the law should be so construed as to require the county commissioners to grant any licenses, when in their opinion the public good does not require them to be granted,—

All adjudged to be not inconsistent with any of the provisions of the constitution ' of the United States or…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Brown v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
  3. Prigg v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
  4. Mayor of New York v. MilnSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
  5. Patton v. NicholsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1818

3Cited by427 opinions

  1. Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  4. Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  5. United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944

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