SCHECHTER POULTRY CORP. v. UNITED STATES

No. 854.

295 U.S. 495 (1935)

A.L.A. SCHECHTER POULTRY CORP. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Joseph Heller and Frederick H. Wood, with whom Mr. Jacob E. Heller was on the brief, for A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. et al.

Mr. Donald R. Richberg and Solicitor General Reed, with whom Assistant Attorney General Stephens and Messrs. Charles H. Weston, M.S. Huberman, Walter L. Rice, G. Stanleigh Arnold, Golden W. Bell, Carl McFarland, and Phillip Buck were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners in No. 854 were convicted in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York on eighteen counts of an indictment charging violations of what is known as the "Live Poultry Code,"1 and on an additional count for conspiracy to commit such violations.2 By demurrer to the...

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