Premier-Pabst Sales Co. v. Grosscup, 298 U.S. 226 (1936)

Premier-Pabst Sales Co. v. Grosscup

No. 745

Argued April 27, 1936
Decided May 18, 1936
298 U.S. 226

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Syllabus

1. One who would attack a state statute as obnoxious to the Federal Constitution must show that the alleged unconstitutional feature injures him. P. 227.

2. The question whether a Pennsylvania law licensing the sale of beer in that State discriminates unconstitutionally against those who sell beer imported from without by requiring of them a higher license fee and a bond of higher penal sum than are required for sale of beer made locally, held a question that could not be raised by a corporation which was disqualified to sell any beer in the State because its officers, directors, and a majority of its shareholders were not local residents, as required by the state law. P. 227.

3. A license to sell beer in a State may be revoked by the State. P 228.

12 F.Supp. 970 affirmed.

Appeal from a decree of the three-judge District Court dismissing a bill to enjoin enforcement of a state law regulating the sale of beer.