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BURNS BAKING CO. v. BRYAN

No. 94.

264 U.S. 504 (1924)

JAY BURNS BAKING COMPANY ET AL. v. BRYAN, AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Matthew A. Hall, with whom Mr. Raymond G. Young and Mr. Carroll S. Montgomery were on the briefs, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Lloyd Dort, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Nebraska, with whom Mr. O.S. Spillman, Attorney General, was on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

An act of the legislature of Nebraska, approved March 31, 1921 (Laws 1921, c. 2, p. 56)1 provides that every loaf of bread made for the purpose of sale, or offered for sale, or sold, shall be one-half pound, one pound, a pound and a half, or exact multiples of one pound, and prohibits loaves of other weights. It allows a tolerance in excess...

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