FOUKE COMPANY v. MANDEL

Civ. No. 73-1047-K.

386 F.Supp. 1341 (1974)

The FOUKE COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation v. Marvin MANDEL, Governor, et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

December 5, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen S. Boynton and McIntosh & Boynton, Washington, D. C., and J. Edward Davis and Weinberg & Green, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen. of Md., Henry R. Lord, Deputy Atty. Gen., George A. Nilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Warren K. Rich, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants.

Fred Warren Bennett, Mt. Ranier, Md., for intervenor as party plaintiff, Fur Information and Fashion Council, Inc., d/b/a The Fur Conservation Institute of America and the American Fur Industry.


FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

This case involves the validity under the federal Constitution of article 66C, section 125A of the Maryland Code, a criminal statute prohibiting importation of sealskins into Maryland for commercial purposes. Plaintiff, The Fouke Company (Fouke), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in South Carolina, processes and auctions sealskins. Fur Information and Fashion Council, Inc. (FIFC),1

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