DAVIS v. VIRGINIA

No. 184.

236 U.S. 697 (1915)

DAVIS v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Winston Read and Mr. Thomas J. Christian for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Christopher B. Garnett, with whom Mr. John Garland Pollard, Attorney General of the State of Virginia, was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of peddling without a license. His defence was that if applied to his dealings the Virginia law would interfere with commerce among the States, contrary to Article I, § 8 of the Constitution. The facts are as follows. The Empire Art Institute of New York sent soliciting agents to Virginia who took orders on a blank furnished by...

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