Falstaff Corp. v. Allen
District Court, E.D. Missouri
lu Equity. Suit by the Ealstaff Corporation against William H. Allen and others. On motion by defendants to dismiss bill.
1Opinion of the Court
EARIS, District Judge.
This is an action for an injunction to prevent the enforcement by defendants of so much of the amendment of November 23, 1921, to the Volstead Act as provides:
“That only spirituous and vinous liquors may be prescribed for medicinal purposes, and all permits to prescribe and prescriptions for any other liquor shall be void”
—for that the inhibition above quoted is unconstitutional and void.
Defendants, who are officers of the government charged by law with *644the duty of enforcing the statute quoted, have separately filed motions to dismiss ’ complainant’s bill, on the general…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hamilton v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- National Prohibition CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Jacob Ruppert v. CaffeySupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Commonwealth v. NickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- State v. BaskowitzSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
3Cited by3 opinions
- State ex rel. Corry v. CooneyMontana Supreme Court · 1924
- Piel Bros. v. DayDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1922
- Opinion No. (1987), Nebraska Attorney General Reports1987