Supreme Court· 2/5/1934

United States v. Chambers

Citations

291 U.S. 217
54 S. Ct. 434
78 L. Ed. 763
1934 U.S. LEXIS 499
89 A.L.R. 1510

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savings clause fosters congressional policy that \one who violates the law should not escape sanction by the mere happenstance that the law was repealed after the criminal act was committed\
twenty-first amendment repealing eighteenth amendment applied to dismiss indictments for violations of National Prohibition Act where cases not final on effective date óf twenty-first amendment
repeal of Eighteenth Amendment by Twenty-first Amendment terminated federal government's authority to prosecute alleged violation of National Prohibition Act that occurred prior to repeal
repeal of Eighteenth Amendment by Twenty-first Amendment terminated federal government’s authority to prosecute alleged violation of National Prohibition Act that occurred prior to repeal
repealed penal statute cannot be applied in pending prosecutions or proceedings on appeal
repeal of Eighteenth Amendment, liquidating pending prosecutions for violation of National Prohibition Act

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Judges: Hughes

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