Weber v. Freed
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW. JERSEY. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of the act of July 31, 1912, prohibiting the importation of pictorial representations of prize fights, are stated in the opinion. The act of July 31, 1912, c. 263, §§ 1, 2, and 3, is unconstitutional and void because in violation of Amendments IX and X to the Constitution of the United States.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW. JERSEY. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of the act of July 31, 1912, prohibiting the importation of pictorial representations of prize fights, are stated in the opinion. The act of July 31, 1912, c. 263, §§ 1, 2, and 3, is unconstitutional and void because in violation of Amendments IX and X to the Constitution of the United States. Section one is unconstitutional and void and beyond the power of Congress to enact under par. 3 of § 8, Art. I, of the Constitution, commonly called the Commerce Clause, as…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
The act of July 31, 1912, § 1, c. 263, 37 Stat. 240, makes it unlawful “to bring or to cause to be brought into the United States from abroad, any film or other pictorial representation of any prize fight or encounter of pugilists,, under whatever name, which is designed to be used or may be used for purposes of public exhibition.” With this provision in force, in April, 1915, the appellant brought to the port of entry of the City of Newark in the State of New Jersey photographic films of a pugilistic encounter or prize fight which had taken place at Havana and demanded of the deputy…
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