Independent Warehouses, Inc. v. Scheele

An ordinance of Saddle River Township, New Jersey, forbids carrying on the business of storing goods for hire *72except upon the payment of an annual license tax.1 Independent Warehouses, Inc., and Thompson, an agent of that company, have been convicted and fined for conducting such a business without procuring the license or paying the tax. The convictions have been sustained by New Jersey’s highest court.2 The appeal here seeks to have that judgment reversed on the basis that the business done was exclusively interstate and consequently the application made of the ordinance contravenes the…