Dickerson v. New Jersey State Department of Weights & Measures

AVIS, District Judge.

The complaint in this action is filed by plaintiffs, six New Jersey coal truckers and one Pennsylvania coal dealer, who are engaged in the business of transporting coal by motor truck from Pennsylvania to customers in New Jersey. They allege that certain laws of the State of New Jersey, which deny the use of the highways of the State to trucks transporting such coal unless accompanied by certificates of origin issued by the New Jersey Department of Weights and Measures to the approved mines or other source of supply in Pennsylvania, &c., and imposing penalties for…