Legal Opinion
United States v. Schwartz
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 22, 1924No. 1901PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in equity, brought under the so-called padlock provisions of the National Prohibí-. tion Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § lOlSS^ et seq.), to abate a liquor nuisance in Chelsea. As it is the first contested case of this kind in this jurisdiction, and as it raises questions likely to be recurrent, it seems -worth while to express briefly some of the views that this court has been constrained to form as to tbo scope and meaning of these provisions.
The two defendants are Benjamin Schwartz and Abraham Melamed. Schwartz is alleged to own and conduct a…
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- Carleton v. RuggMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Chase v. Proprietors of the Revere HouseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- United States v. BoyntonDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1924
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- United States v. LockhartDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1929
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