North American Cold Storage Co. v. Chicago, 211 U.S. 306 (1908) (No. 28)
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North American Cold Storage Co. v. Chicago, 211 U.S. 306 (1908) (No. 28)
Author: Supreme Court of the United States
Year: 1908
Case name: North American Cold Storage Co. v. Chicago Opinion filed: 1908-12-07 Docket No.: 28 Citations: • 211 U.S. 306 • 29 S. Ct. 101 • 53 L. Ed. 195 • 1908 U.S. LEXIS 1546 Case holding summaries: • public health emergency justified seizure of unwholesome food without preseizure hearing • seizure of contaminated food shipments • postponement of notice and hearing constitutionally permissible to protect public from contaminated food • seizure of food unfit for consumption • upholding State's right to seize and destroy contaminated food without a prior hearing • seizure of tainted food from warehouse • protect public from contaminated foods • immediate seizure and destruction of allegedly tainted foodstuffs due to risk to public health • prenotice destruction of tainted food; post-deprivation remedy satisfied due process • recognizing a state's authority to seize unwholesome food "based upon the right and duty of the state to protect and guard, as far as possible, the lives and health of its inhabitants" • upholding a State’s right to seize and destroy contaminated food without a prior hearing • seizure of food not fit for human use • upholding government authority to seize and de