RICKERT RICE MILLS v. FONTENOT

No. 577.

297 U.S. 110 (1936)

RICKERT RICE MILLS, INC. v. FONTENOT, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 13, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. John P. Bullington and Homer L. Bruce, with whom Messrs. Ralph J. Schwarz, Morris B. Redmann, and C.A. McCoy were on the brief, for petitioners.

Assistant Attorney General Wideman, with whom Attorney General Cummings, Solicitor General Reed, Messrs. Sewall Key, Norman D. Keller, J. Paul Jackson, Lucius A. Buck, Mastin G. White, Prew Savoy, and Miss Helen R. Carloss were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is one of eight companion cases.1 They were consolidated for hearing by the District Court. It will be sufficient briefly to state the facts in No. 577:

The petitioner, a processor of rice, filed its bill in the District Court for Eastern Louisiana, to restrain the respondent from assessing or collecting taxes levied for the...

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