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Eighteenth Amendment

Section 1 After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. Section 2 The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce...

Doyle v. Mitchell Brothers Company (1918)

DOYLE, Collector of Internal Revenue, v. Mitchell Brothers Company United States Supreme Court 247 U.S. 179, 38 S.Ct. 467, 62 L.Ed. 1054 No. 492. Argued March 4, 5, and 6. Decided May 20, 1918. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. The Solicitor General, with whom Mr. William. C. Herron was on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. Mark Norris, with whom Mr. Oscar E. Waer was...

Towne v. Eisner (1918)

TOWNE v. EISNER, Collector of United States Internal Revenue for the Third District of the State of New York. Supreme Court of the United States 245 U.S. 418, 38 S.Ct. 158, 62 L.Ed. 372, L.R.A. 1918D, 254, 1 USTC ¶ 14, 3 A.F.T.R. 2959 No. 563. Argued December 12, 1917. Decided January 7, 1918. In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by...

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