Legal Opinion
United States v. West Texas Cottonoil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 21, 1946No. 11533PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The suit was for marketing penalties imposed by the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 19381 in respect of excess cotton disposed of in 1939 to the Government of France. The defenses were (1) that the cotton was not marketed but was requisitioned and hence was not subject to penalty; (2) that if it was marketed, the marketing took place in a foreign country outside of the jurisdiction of the United States and beyond the reach of its laws, and, therefore, was not subject to penalty.
The district judge, agreeing with the first defense that the cotton was not marketed within…
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- Mulford v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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