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· 11/13/1939

Ziffrin, Inc. v. Reeves

Citations

  • 308 U.S. 132
  • 60 S. Ct. 163
  • 84 L. Ed. 128
  • 1939 U.S. LEXIS 96

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • upholding state statute prohibiting a domestic manufacturer of liquor from delivering his product to an unlicensed private carrier
  • upholding Kentucky liquor regulations on the grounds of state police powers rather than heightened authority under the Twenty-First Amendment
  • rejecting Commerce Clause challenge to statute (1) making it unlawful to possess intoxicants except under very limited circumstances and (2) declaring intoxicants that a person unlawfully possesses contraband subject to seizure
  • rejecting Commerce Clause challenge to state statute making it unlawful to possess intoxicants -4- except under very limited circumstances and declaring unlawfully possessed intoxicants contraband
  • rejecting Commerce Clause challenge to state statute making it unlawful to possess intoxicants except under very limited circumstances and declaring unlawfully possessed intoxicants contraband
  • declaring comprehensive Kentucky statute regulating liquor transportation and distribution valid and stating that “[without doubt a state may absolutely prohibit the manufacture of intoxicants, their transportation, sale, or the use to which they are put”

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Judges: McReynolds, Butler

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