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SONZINSKY v. UNITED STATES

No. 614.

300 U.S. 506 (1937)

57 S.Ct. 554

81 L.Ed. 772

SONZINSKY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 29, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harold J. Bandy, with whom Mr. John M. Karns was on the brief, for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General McMahon, with whom Solicitor General Reed and Messrs. Gordon Dean and William W. Barron were on the brief for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question for decision is whether § 2 of the National Firearms Act of June 26, 1934, c. 757, 48 Stat. 1236, 26 U.S.C., §§ 1132-1132 q, which imposes a $200 annual license tax on dealers in firearms, is a constitutional exercise of the legislative power of Congress.

Petitioner was convicted by the District Court for Eastern Illinois on two counts...

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