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CAROLENE PRODUCTS CO. v. U.S.

No. 21.

323 U.S. 18 (1944)

CAROLENE PRODUCTS CO. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 6, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel H. Kaufman, with whom Messrs. Crampton Harris and George Trosk were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Chester T. Lane, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

The limited writ of certiorari in this case was granted to review petitioners' conviction, affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals, for a violation of the Filled Milk Act.1 The Court was moved to allow the petition in order to examine the contentions that the accused articles of food cannot, under the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, be banned from commerce...

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