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McCORMICK & CO. v. BROWN

No. 599.

286 U.S. 131 (1932)

52 S.Ct. 522

76 L.Ed. 1017

McCORMICK & CO., INC. ET AL. v. BROWN, STATE COMMISSIONER OF PROHIBITION OF WEST VIRGINIA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Philip C. Friese and H.D. Rummel for appellants.

Messrs. W.G. Brown and R. Dennis Steed, Assistant Attorney General of West Virginia, with whom Mr. H.B. Lee, Attorney General, was on the brief, for appellees.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was brought by nonresident manufacturers and wholesale dealers to restrain state officers of West Virginia from requiring the complainants to obtain permits from the State Commissioner of Prohibition, and to pay an annual license fee of $50, before shipping certain products into the State to purchasers there for resale.

The bill alleged that, while these products contained ethyl alcohol...

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