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LUGO v. SUAZO

No. 2619.

59 F.2d 386 (1932)

LUGO v. SUAZO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 7, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Major Fred W. Llewellyn, of Washington, D. C. (Col. William Cattron Rigby and Gen. Blanton Winship, both of Washington, D. C., and James R. Beverley, Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellant.

Leonard Wheeler, Jr., of Boston, Mass. (Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, of Boston, Mass., and Juan B. Soto, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BINGHAM, WILSON, and MORTON, Circuit Judges.

BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.

The principal question in this case is whether the Puerto Rican Act of 1928 (No. 19) regulating the sale of foreign coffee can be supported as a valid inspection law or is to be regarded as imposing an internal revenue tax discriminating against foreign coffee after it has been brought into the island for sale, in violation of section 3 of the Organic Act of Puerto Rico, as amended (48 USCA §§ 741, 741a, 745).

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