Williams v. Walsh
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality, under the commerce clause of, and the Fourteenth Amendment to, the Constitution of the United States, of the statute of Kansas regulating the sale of black powder, are stated in the opinion. The. act is repugnant to the clause of the Fourteenth Amendment which prohibits a State denying to any citizen the equal protection of the laws.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality, under the commerce clause of, and the Fourteenth Amendment to, the Constitution of the United States, of the statute of Kansas regulating the sale of black powder, are stated in the opinion. The. act is repugnant to the clause of the Fourteenth Amendment which prohibits a State denying to any citizen the equal protection of the laws. Connolly v. Union Sewer Pipe Co., 184 U. S. 540; Magoun v. Illinois, 170 U. S. 283; Cotting v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co., 183 U. S. 79. The act is in direct…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
A statute of Kansas provides as follows (Laws 1907, c. 250):
“It shall be unlawful for any individual, firm or corporation to sell, offer for sale or deliver for use at any coal mine or mines in the State of Kansas, black powder in any manner except in original packages containing twelve and one-half pounds of powder, said package to be securely sealed; said powder to be delivered by the company to the miner at its powder-house, not more than three hundred feet from pit-head, unless hereafter otherwise provided by contract; provided, however, this act shall not be construed as in any manner…
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