U.S. v. MIDSTATE CO.

No. 286.

306 U.S. 161 (1939)

UNITED STATES v. MIDSTATE HORTICULTURAL CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 30, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wendell Berge, with whom Solicitor General Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Arnold, and Messrs. N.A. Townsend, Elmer B. Collins, Frank Coleman, and Hugh B. Cox were on the briefs, for the United States.

Mr. Francis Biddle, with whom Messrs. Robert V. Massey, Jr., Frederic D. McKenney, Charles Myers, and John Dickinson were on the brief, for appellee in No. 287.

Messrs. Henry Silverman and Samuel L. Einhorn submitted for appellees in No. 286.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

These two appeals present for review a single question. As stated by appellant the sole question in each appeal is "whether or not the indictment charges the commission of an offense against the United States in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, as it must, if appellees are to be prosecuted therein. Constitution, Article 3, Section 2, Clause 3; Amendment VI."1

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