MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.
Appellants, plaintiffs below, are engaged in the business of catching and canning oysters for shipment and sale in interstate commerce. Appellees, defendants below, are public officers in Louisiana charged with the duty of enforcing Act No. 258, known as the "Oyster Act," passed in July, 1926, entitled: "An Act To declare all oysters and parts thereof in the waters of the State to be the property of the State...
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