Legal Opinion

Rearick v. Pennsylvania

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 17, 1906No. 47PublishedCited by 118 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OE THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. The facts are stated in the opinion. submitted: It is a principle established beyond -controversy that the negotiation of sales of goods that are in another State for the purpose of introducing them into the State in which the negotiation is made is interstate commerce, and is protected from local interference, burdens, or tax, by clause 3, § 8, Art. I, Constitution of the United States, which provides that Congress…

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ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OE THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. The facts are stated in the opinion. submitted: It is a principle established beyond -controversy that the negotiation of sales of goods that are in another State for the purpose of introducing them into the State in which the negotiation is made is interstate commerce, and is protected from local interference, burdens, or tax, by clause 3, § 8, Art. I, Constitution of the United States, which provides that Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States and with the Indian tribes.…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes

This case comes here upon a writ of error to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, an appeal to the Supreme Court of the State having been disállowed by the last-named court. The Superior Court affirmed a conviction of the plaintiff in error for violating an ordinance of the Borough of Sunbury, which made it unlawful to solicit orders for, sell, or. deliver, at retail, either on the streets or by travelling from house to house, foreign or domestic goods, not of the parties’ own manufacture or production, without a license for which a large fee was required. 26 Pa. Sup. Ct. Rep. 384. In the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Swift & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. Leisy v. HardinSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. Brennan v. TitusvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  5. American Steel & Wire Co. v. SpeedSupreme Court of the United States · 1904

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3Cited by118 opinions

  1. Savage v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. New York Ex Rel. Hatch v. ReardonSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  3. Browning v. City of WaycrossSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. Sonneborn Brothers v. CuretonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  5. York Manufacturing Co. v. ColleySupreme Court of the United States · 1918

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