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UNITED STATES v. COCA COLA CO.

No. 562.

241 U.S. 265 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 573

60 L.Ed. 995

UNITED STATES v. COCA COLA COMPANY OF ATLANTA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 22, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Underwood, with whom Mr. Elliott Cheatham was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Harold Hirsch and Mr. J.B. Sizer, with whom Mr. A.W. Chambliss and Mr. W.D. Thomson were on the brief, for the defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a libel for condemnation under the Food and Drugs Act (June 30, 1906, c. 3915, 34 Stat. 768) of a certain quantity of a food product known as `Coca Cola' transported, for sale, from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was alleged that the product was adulterated and misbranded. The allegation of adulteration was, in substance, that the product contained...

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