· 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
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- 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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