James Everard's Breweries v. Day, 265 U.S. 545 (1924) (No. 200 & 245)

James Everard's Breweries v. Day, 265 U.S. 545 (1924) (No. 200 & 245)

Author: Supreme Court of the United States

Year: 1924

Case name: James Everard's Breweries v. Day Opinion filed: 1924-06-09 Docket No.: 200 & 245 Citations: • 265 U.S. 545 • 44 S. Ct. 628 • 68 L. Ed. 1174 • 1924 U.S. LEXIS 2635 Case holding summaries: • upholding ban on medical prescription of intoxicating malt liquors as appropriate to enforce Eighteenth Amendment ban on manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes • "What [the Court] may consider is whether that which has been done by Congress has gone beyond the constitutional limits upon its legislative discretion." • legislation under the enforcement clause of the Eighteenth Amendment assessed under the standard of McCulloch v. Maryland • upholding ban on medical prescription of intoxicating malt liquors as appropriate to enforce Eighteenth Amendment ban on manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes • upholding ban on sale of all liquor, including liquor lawfully manufactured before passage of the statute • upholding Supplemental Prohibition Act of 1921 under the Eighteenth Amendment's enforcement clause • upholding Supplemental Prohibition Act of 1921 under the Eighteenth Amendment's enforcement clause