CURRIN v. WALLACE

No. 275.

306 U.S. 1 (1939)

CURRIN ET AL. v. WALLACE, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 30, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. J.C. Lanier and B.S. Royster, Jr., with whom Mr. J.W.H. Roberts was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Robert K. McConnaughey and Solicitor General Jackson, with whom Assistant Attorney General Arnold was on the brief, for respondents.


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

Plaintiffs, tobacco warehousemen and auctioneers in Oxford, North Carolina, seek a declaratory judgment1 that the Tobacco Inspection Act of August 23, 1935,2 is unconstitutional and an injunction against its enforcement. The Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing the District Court,3

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