UNITED STATES v. FORTY-THREE GALLONS OF WHISKEY

Citation

108 U.S. 491 (1882)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Stephen Field

Justices Participating

• Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality

• John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph Bradley | voted with the majority or plurality

• Morrison Waite | voted with the majority or plurality

• Samuel Blatchford | voted with the majority or plurality

• Samuel Miller | voted with the majority or plurality

• Stephen Field | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Stanley Matthews | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Woods | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Commerce Clause
• Liquor
• Taxes
• Treaties
• U.S. Constitution

Cited Cases

• 78 U.S. 616 (1870), THE CHEROKEE TOBACCO

Case Cited In

• 121 U.S. 278 (1886), UNITED STATES v. LE BRIS
• 225 U.S. 551 (1911), CLAIRMONT v. UNITED STATES
• 232 U.S. 478 (1913), PERRIN v. UNITED STATES
• 236 U.S. 531 (1914), JOPLIN MERCANTILE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES