Legal Opinion

Weeks v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 4, 1918No. 109PublishedCited by 28 opinions

CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter

This was a prosecution under the Act of June 30, 1906, c. 3915, 34 Stat. 768, upon a charge of shipping an article of food in interstate commerce in circumstances making the shipment a violation of the act. The information contained two counts, both charging that the article was misbranded, — one because it bore a false and misleading label, and the other because it was offered for sale as lemon oil when in truth it was an imitation thereof containing alcohol and citral derived from lemon grass. In the District Court there was a conviction upon both counts, and the Circuit Court of Appeals…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Hipolite Egg Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  3. McDermott v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  4. Crenshaw v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  5. Seven Cases of Eckman's Alternative v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Hammer v. DagenhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  3. Kentucky Whip & Collar Co. v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  4. United States v. HohenseeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
  5. Philco Corporation v. Phillips Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943

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