Legal Opinion
United States v. Sprague
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 1931No. 606PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts
The United States prosecutes this appeal from an order of the District Court (U. S. C., Tit. 18, § 682; Tit. 28, § 345) quashing an indictment which charged appellees with unlawful transportation arid possession of intoxicating liquors in violation of § 3 of Title II of the Na--tional Prohibition Act (U. S. C., Tit. 27, § 12).
That court held that the Eighteenth Amendment by authority of which the statute was enacted has not been ratified so as to become part of the Constitution.
The appellees contended in the court below¿ and here, that notwithstanding the plain language of Article V,…
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