Legal Opinion
Shafer v. Farmers Grain Co. of Embden
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 4, 1925No. 34PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This is a suit to restrain the enforcement of the North Dakota Grain Grading Act, an initiated measure approved at a state election November 7, 1922. North Dakota Laws 1923, p. 549. The plaintiffs own and operate country elevators within the State, at which they buy wheat from farmers for shipment to markets in other States; and the defendants are officers of the State, who are charged by the Act with the duty of enforcing it. The plaintiffs challenge the validity of the Act under the Constitution of the United States on the grounds, first, that it interferes with and burdens interstate…
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