Laughter v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee; John E. McCall, Judge. Criminal prosecutions by the United States against E. A. Laughter, against E. A. Laughter and W. Newton Fisher, against Alphonso Rivalto, and against A. L. Anderson. Judgment of conviction in each case, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
These four cases involve a common question, whether the Reed Amendment is applicable to Tennessee, and each case presents further specific questions. The latter are of such minor relative importance that the four cases may well be disposed of by one opinion. It is not necessary to state facts, except as to the specific questions.
The so-called Reed Amendment was inserted in, and became a part of section 5 of the Post Office Appropriation Act of March 3, 1917, c. 162, 39 Stat. 1069 (Comp. St. 1918, § 8739a). It reads as follows:
“Whoever shall order, purchase or cause…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Adams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Motlow v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
- Chadwick v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1905
- United States v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Tuckerman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1923
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