BEMIS BRO. BAG CO. v. U.S.

No. 515.

289 U.S. 28 (1933)

BEMIS BRO. BAG CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 13, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Abraham Lowenhaupt, with whom Messrs. Stanley S. Waite and R.S. Doyle were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Erwin N. Griswold, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Sewall Key and J.P. Jackson were on the brief, for the United States.

By leave of Court, Messrs. Kingman Brewster, James S.Y. Ivins, Percy W. Phillips, O.R. Folsom-Jones, and Richard B. Barker filed a brief as amici curiae.


MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The controversy to be determined presents another phase of a problem which has been much considered by the court in opinions recently announced. United States v. Memphis Cotton Oil Co., 288 U.S. 62; United States v. Prentiss & Co., 288 U.S. 73; United States v. Factors & Finance Co.,

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