CROWLEY CUTLERY CO. v. U.S.

No. 87-2836.

849 F.2d 273 (1988)

CROWLEY CUTLERY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and Commissioner of Customs of the UNITED STATES Customs Service, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Bey Myers, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Patrice Scully, U.S. Dept. of Customs, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr. and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 29, 1988.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

In this improbable suit, Crowley Cutlery Company asked a federal district court in Illinois for a declaration that the Switchblade Knife Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1241 et seq., which forbids the importation of switchblade knives or their interstate transportation or distribution, violates the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment. The district judge dismissed the suit...

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