Legal Opinion

Wisniewski v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 25, 1957No. 762PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Per curiam

Defendant was convicted of violation of 26 CFR § 175.121, a Regulation promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury under the authority of § 2871 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, and providing that:

“No liquor bottle shall be reused for the packaging of distilled spirits for sale, except as provided in § 175.63 [exceptions not here relevant], nor shall the original contents, or any portion of such original contents, remaining in a liquor bottle be increased by the addition of any substance.”

The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has certified to this Court the following question:…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Western Pacific Railroad Corp. v. Western Pacific Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. In Re Application of BurwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  3. United States v. GoldbergCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1955

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Patricia Hart v. Larry G. Massanari, Acting Commissioner of Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
  2. James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  3. United States v. Hector Penaranda, Also Known as "El Viejo," United States of America v. Luis Rojas, Also Known as El GordoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
  4. Connecticut v. CahillCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
  5. Evans v. StephensCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004

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