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Should The Power Of The Federal Government Be Increased?, Donald R. Richberg Apr 1941

Should The Power Of The Federal Government Be Increased?, Donald R. Richberg

Michigan Law Review

This question, in its broadest aspect, may call for an opinion as to whether the power of the federal government, delegated and limited by the Constitution, should be enlarged by constitutional amendment. The question, more narrowly construed, may be whether the federal government should extend the exercise of its present, delegated powers over more subjects of regulation and into more detailed controls of American life and work.


Constitutional Law - Validity Of State Use Tax On Mail Order Sales Of Foreign Corporation, Michigan Law Review Apr 1941

Constitutional Law - Validity Of State Use Tax On Mail Order Sales Of Foreign Corporation, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

The respondent, a New York corporation licensed to do retail business in Iowa, did a large mail order business there also. Iowa customers sent orders by mail to the company's warehouses located outside that state, and the merchandise was shipped directly to the purchaser. On these mail order sales the company neither collected from its customers, nor paid to the state, the Iowa use tax. The petitioner, chairman of the state tax commission, threatened to cancel the respondent's license as a retailer and its permit to do business in Iowa unless such use tax were paid. Respondent obtained an injunction …


Constitutional Law - Due Process - Federal Price Control Under Commerce Clause For Milk And Coal Industries, Stark Ritchie Feb 1941

Constitutional Law - Due Process - Federal Price Control Under Commerce Clause For Milk And Coal Industries, Stark Ritchie

Michigan Law Review

As a natural concomitant of the prevailing laissez-faire economic philosophy, a strong feeling against any governmental regulation of business prevailed in American legislatures until well into the second half of the nineteenth century. Prices were considered to be especially immune to governmental tampering. The first step in the breakdown of the notion that government had no power over prices was the case of Munn v. Illinois. This decision introduced the doctrine that the legislature had the right to regulate prices in any business which the courts should find to be "affected with a public interest." Posed as a deceivingly …


Labor Law - The Apex Decision And Its Effect On The Application Of The Sherman Act To Activities Of Labor Unions, Philip W. Buchen Jan 1941

Labor Law - The Apex Decision And Its Effect On The Application Of The Sherman Act To Activities Of Labor Unions, Philip W. Buchen

Michigan Law Review

Labor made a bold attempt in the case of Apex Hosiery Company v. Leader to procure a determination by the Supreme Court that labor organizations and their activities are exempt from the Sherman Act. The act, having survived this attack, presumably remains a potential weapon against labor unions. However, the Court by its decision has rejected a theory that the Sherman Act should be expanded on the principles of the Wagner Act decisions, has imposed a new restriction upon its application, and has opened the way for developments which will have substantially the effect of excluding labor unions from its …


Taxation - Commerce Clause - Tax By Seller State On Contract To Sell Interstate, Walter B. Connolly Jan 1941

Taxation - Commerce Clause - Tax By Seller State On Contract To Sell Interstate, Walter B. Connolly

Michigan Law Review

Appellants were partners in the securities business with offices in New York City. In the course of their business they agreed to sell shares of stock to two firms, one engaged in business in Philadelphia, the other in Washington, D. C. The securities were mailed to banks in Philadelphia and Washington for delivery upon payment of sight drafts attached. Under the tax law of the state of New York, a tax was levied on the sale of this stock. Appellants sought a refund of the tax on the ground that the statute imposed an unconstitutional burden on interstate commerce. Held …