Date decided 1908 | ||
Full case name Ware & Leland, a Copartnership, and J. H. Ware, E. F. Leland, Charles W. Lee, and F. J. Fahey v. Mobile County and the State of Alabama Citations 209 U.S. 405 (more)
28 Sup. Ct. 526, 14 Ann. Cas. 1031 Prior history Judgment for defendants. Majority Day, joined by unanimous | ||
Ware & Leland v. Mobile County, 209 U.S. 405 (1908), is a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that contracts for the sales of cotton for future delivery that do not oblige interstate shipments are not subjects of interstate commerce. The Court also held that a state tax on persons engaged in buying and selling cotton for future delivery was not a regulation of interstate commerce, and that the imposition of the tax was not beyond the power of the state.
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