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McFARLAND v. AMERICAN SUGAR CO.

No. 847.

241 U.S. 79 (1916)

McFARLAND, SUPERVISOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF LOUISIANA, v. AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 24, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Donelson Caffery and Mr. Harry Gamble, with whom Mr. Ruffin G. Pleasant, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, and Mr. Daniel Wendling were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. James M. Beck, with whom Mr. Joseph W. Carroll, Mr. George Denegre, Mr. Hugh C. Cage and Mr. Frank L. Crawford were on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill in equity brought by a New Jersey corporation, the appellee, against the Inspector of Sugar Refining, the Governor and the Attorney General of Louisiana, to prevent the enforcement of Act No. 10 of the Extra Session of the General Assembly of that State for 1915. The grounds of relief are the commerce clause and the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

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