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CAMPBELL v. HUSSEY

No. 42.

368 U.S. 297 (1961)

CAMPBELL, COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE OF GEORGIA, ET AL. v. HUSSEY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 18, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Hughel Harrison, Assistant Attorney General of Georgia, and Denmark Groover, Jr. argued the cause for appellants. With them on the briefs were Eugene Cook, Attorney General, Gordon Knox, Frank S. Twitty and Chris B. Conyers, Deputy Assistant Attorneys General.

Homer S. Durden, Jr. argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Darius N. Brown and William J. Neville.

Sherman L. Cohn, by special leave of the Court, argued the cause for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Orrick and Alan S. Rosenthal.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit brought by owners and operators of tobacco warehouses in Georgia to enjoin officials of Georgia from enforcing certain provisions of the Georgia Tobacco Identification Act. Ga. Laws 1960, No. 557, p. 214. A three-judge court was convened, 28 U. S. C. §§ 2281, 2284, and it granted the relief. 189 F.Supp. 54. The case is here by direct appeal.

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