Lamar Bowers v. United States

In my opinion, the result announced by the majority opinion is reached by a tortured construction of the plain language of a statute having a definitely ascertainable meaning, and denies to appellant rights guaranteed to him by the Constitution. I dissent, therefore, and set forth the reasons therefor.

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The statute construed is included in the portion of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 devoted exclusively to peanuts, Part VI, “Marketing Quotas— Peanuts”. This section of the Act bears the heading, “Marketing Penalties”, and begins with these words:1

“(a) The marketing of any pear nuts in…