Century Oil Co. v. Department of Agriculture

Per Curiam..

This is a suit for an injunction to prevent the enforcement of the statutory provision fixing the fee for the governmental inspection of gasoline at six cents a barrel, on the ground that the legislation is unconstitutional. The district court upheld the fee and dismissed the suit. Plaintiffs have appealed.

The decision on appeal is controlled by a former ruling. A fee of ten cents a barrel, fixed by an earlier act otherwise identical with the present one, was held to be excessive, unconstitutional, and void, in practical operation under existing conditions, the statutory fee of…