Continental Distilling Corp. v. Humphrey

KEECH, District Judge.

This is an action for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, to declare invalid and restrain enforcement of a ruling by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, pursuant to authority of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, 49 Stat. 977, as amended, 27 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq. (1952), that certain whisky marketed by the plaintiff, Continental Distilling Corporation, should be labeled to show that it had been stored in reused cooperage, in conformity with Section 39(a) of Regulations No. 5, adopted March 2, 1938, 3 Fed.Reg. 486, 27 CFR…