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Waite v. Macy, 246 U.S. 606 (1918)
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Waite v. Macy, 246 U.S. 606 (1918)
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Waite v. Macy No. 255 Argued March 28, 1918 Decided April 22, 1918 246 U.S. 606
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
Syllabus
A transgression of its statutory power by an administrative board is subject to judicial restraint, although guised as a discretionary decision within its jurisdiction.
In testing the right of injunction against administrative officers, the presumption that they will follow the law, though set up in their answer, cannot be indulged where an intention to obey an illegal regulation of their superior is not directly disclaimed by them and is admitted by their counsel.
The only grounds recognized by the Act of March 2, 1897, c. 358, 29 Stat. 604, as amended, c. 170, 35 Stat. 163, for excluding tea from import are inferiority to the standard in purity, quality, and fitness for consumption; and, where the tea offered is otherwise superior to the standard in value and purity, the fact that it contains a minute and innocuous quantity of coloring matter not found in the sample will not justify shutting it out, notwithstanding a regulation of the Secretary of the Treasury, purporting to be based on the statute, declares the presence of any coloring matter an absolute ground for exclusion.
In the absence of other adequate remedy for the importer, the Tea Board constituted under the Act of 1897, supra, may be enjoined from excluding tea upon a test prescribed by tie Secretary of the Treasury but not sanctioned by the statute.
224 F. 359 affirmed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Waite v. Macy, 246 U.S. 606 (1918) in 246 U.S. 606 246 U.S. 607. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=24V33UZ3W2R4ACR.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Waite v. Macy, 246 U.S. 606 (1918), in 246 U.S. 606, page 246 U.S. 607. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=24V33UZ3W2R4ACR.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Waite v. Macy, 246 U.S. 606 (1918). cited in 1918, 246 U.S. 606, pp.246 U.S. 607. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=24V33UZ3W2R4ACR.
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