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Kidd v. Pearson

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided October 22, 1888No. 779PublishedCited by 362 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. The case, as stated by the court, was as follows: This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, allowed by the Chief Justice thereof, upon the ground that the judgment in the case affirmed the validity of a statute of that State, which the plaintiff in error claimed to be in conflict with the. Federal Constitution.

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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. The case, as stated by the court, was as follows: This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, allowed by the Chief Justice thereof, upon the ground that the judgment in the case affirmed the validity of a statute of that State, which the plaintiff in error claimed to be in conflict with the. Federal Constitution. The ..case arose upon a petition in equity, filed December 24, 1885, in the Circuit Court of 'Polk County, Iowa, .by defendants in error, I. E. Pearson- and S.- J. Loughran against the plaintiff in error, J. S.…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar

The Supreme Court of Iowa, in its opinion, a copy of which, duly authenticated, is found in the record, having been transmitted according to our 8th Pule of Practice, held the sections in question to mean: (3) That foreign intoxicating liquors might be imported into the-State, and .there kept for sale by the importer, in the original packages (or for transportation in such packages and sale beyond the limits of the State); (2) That intoxicating liquors might be' manufactured and -sold within the State for mechanical, medicinal, culinary, and sacramental purposes, but for no other — not even…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  2. Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  4. The Daniel BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  5. Coe v. ErrolSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

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3Cited by362 opinions

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  3. National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  4. Parker v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935

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