Baccus v. Louisiana
Citations
- 232 U.S. 334
- 34 S. Ct. 439
- 58 L. Ed. 627
- 1914 U.S. LEXIS 1360
Syllabus
<p>This court will not disregard the construction placed upon a state statute by the highest court of the State especially if it involves giving the statute one meaning for the purpose of determining whether the acts in question are within its terms and another meaning for the purpose of escaping the Federal question.</p> <p>A State may classify and regulate itinerant vendors and peddlers, Emert v. Missouri, 156 U. S. 296, and may also regulate the sale of drugs and medicines.</p> <p>The statute of Louisiana of 1894, prohibiting sale of drugs, etc., by itinerant vendors or peddlers, is not unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment either as denying due process of law by preventing a citizen from' pursuing a lawful vocation or as denying equal protection of the law.</p>
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- affirming that states may, “without violating the equal protection or due process of law clause of the 14th Amendment, . . . forbid the sale by itinerant venders of ‘any drug, nostrum, ointment, or application of any kind’”
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Judges: White, After Making the Foregoing Statement
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