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DUCKWORTH v. ARKANSAS

No. 43.

314 U.S. 390 (1941)

DUCKWORTH v. ARKANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 15, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harold R. Ratcliff, with whom Mr. Cecil B. Nance was on the brief, for appellant.

Messrs. Jno. P. Streepey, Assistant Attorney General of Arkansas, and Leffel Gentry argued the cause, and Mr. Jack Holt, Attorney General, was with Mr. Streepey on the brief, for appellee.

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

Appellant was convicted and fined by an Arkansas court for transporting intoxicating liquor through the state without a permit as required by an Arkansas statute. The question for decision is whether this statutory requirement and its penal sanction unduly encroach upon the power over interstate commerce delegated to Congress.

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