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Trade Regulation-State Fair Trade Acts And Supplementary Federal Legislation, Earl R. Boonstra
Trade Regulation-State Fair Trade Acts And Supplementary Federal Legislation, Earl R. Boonstra
Michigan Law Review
The state Fair Trade Acts and the federal Miller-Tydings Act were enacted for the avowed purpose of exempting vertical price fixing contracts from the federal and state anti-trust laws. This legislation followed several court decisions which had declared resale price maintenance agreements unlawful trade restraints. The first Fair Trade Act was enacted by California in 1931, and by 1941 all but four jurisdictions had passed similar legislation. In 1936, the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the California and Illinois acts on the broadest of grounds; and while the Miller-Tydings Act has not been passed upon, its constitutionality …
Master-Servant-Subrogation-Right Of The United States To Recover For Injuries To A Soldier Caused By The Negligent Act Of Another, John R. Dykema
Master-Servant-Subrogation-Right Of The United States To Recover For Injuries To A Soldier Caused By The Negligent Act Of Another, John R. Dykema
Michigan Law Review
On February 7, 1944, an enlisted soldier in the Army of the United States was injured in a traffic accident in Los Angeles, California, through the negligence of an agent of appellant; he was incapacitated for duty for a period of twenty-nine days. The United States paid his hospital expenses, and also his salary during this period, amounting to a total of $192.56. In March, 1944, the soldier, in return for three hundred dollars, executed a release to appellant "from any and all claims and demands" on account of the accident. The United States sued in the Federal District Court …
Municipal Corporations - Effect Upon Collection Of Tort Judgments Of Constitutional And Statutory Limitations On Indebtedness And Taxing Powers, Michigan Law Review
Municipal Corporations - Effect Upon Collection Of Tort Judgments Of Constitutional And Statutory Limitations On Indebtedness And Taxing Powers, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
In an effort to protect the taxpayer from the extravagance of municipal officials, two types of restrictions, in the main, have been imposed: those limiting the power to contract debts, and those restricting the power to levy taxes. Frequently in an effort to recover and collect a judgment against the city, one or the other of these restrictions is met. Courts seem to hold unanimously that debt limitations apply to the city's obligations in contract and not in tort, but they are divided as to the effect of tax limitations upon collection of a tort judgment. As an example of …