FOSTER-FOUNTAIN PACKING CO. v. HAYDEL

No. 68.

278 U.S. 1 (1928)

FOSTER-FOUNTAIN PACKING COMPANY ET AL v. HAYDEL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 15, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. William H. Watkins and W. Lee Guice, with whom Mr. Gustave Lemle was on the brief, for appellants.

Messrs. Michael M. Irwin and John Dymond, Jr., with whom Messrs. Percy Saint, Assistant Attorney General of Louisiana, Peyton R. Sandoz, Assistant Attorney General, A. Giffen Levy, and Leander H. Perez were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellants, plaintiffs below, are engaged in the business of catching and canning shrimp for shipment and sale in interstate commerce. Appellees, defendants below, are public officers in Louisiana charged with the duty of enforcing Act No. 103, known as the "Shrimp Act," passed in July, 1926; so far as material here, it is printed in the margin.*

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