JOPLIN MERCANTILE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Citation

236 U.S. 531 (1914)

Decision : 8-0

Majority Opinion: Mahlon Pitney

Justices Participating

• Charles Hughes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Edward White | voted with the majority or plurality

• James McReynolds | other

• Joseph McKenna | voted with the majority or plurality

• Joseph Lamar | voted with the majority or plurality

• Mahlon Pitney | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Oliver Holmes | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Day | voted with the majority or plurality

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Commerce Clause
• Liquor
• Plenary Power
• States/Authority of states
• U.S. Constitution
• Wardship/Trust

Cited Cases

• 225 U.S. 663 (1911), ex parte CHARLEY WEBB, PETITIONER
• 70 U.S. 407 (1865), UNITED STATES v. HOLLIDAY
• 234 U.S. 422 (1913), JOHNSON v. GEARLDS
• 108 U.S. 491 (1882), UNITED STATES v. FORTY-THREE GALLONS OF WHISKEY
• 93 U.S. 188 (1876), UNITED STATES v. FORTY-THREE GALLONS OF WHISKEY, ETC
• 208 U.S. 340 (1907), DICK v. UNITED STATES
• 221 U.S. 317 (1910), HALLOWELL v. UNITED STATES
• 232 U.S. 478 (1913), PERRIN v. UNITED STATES
• 229 U.S. 226 (1912), UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT
• 118 U.S. 375 (1885), UNITED STATES v. KAGAMA & ANOTHER, INDIANS

Case Cited In

• 241 U.S. 591 (1915), UNITED STATES v. NICE
• 265 U.S. 344 (1923), KENNEDY et al. v. UNITED STATES