Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1940

State v. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey

State v. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey
Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided September 25, 1940 · Fishburne, Chiee, Bonham, Carter, Messrs, Johnson, Henderson
10 S.E.2d 778; 195 S.C. 267; 1940 S.C. LEXIS 152 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Messrs. John M. Daniel, Attorney General, Hubert E. Yarborough, Jr. , and William H. Smith , for appellant, cite: As to unlawful discrimination: 123 N.W., 504; 42 L.R.A. (N.S.), 804; 226 U.S. 157 ; 57 L.Ed., 164 ; 291 U.S. 304 ; 78 L.Ed., 814 ; 291 U.S. 67 ; 78 L.Ed., 655 ; 291 U.S. 502 ; 78 L.Ed., 941 ; 212 U.S. 86 ; 53 L.Ed., 417 . Right of State to legislate against combines in restraint of trade: 197 U.S. 115 ; 49 L.Ed., 689 ; 196 U.S. 447 ; 49 L.Ed., 546 ; 52 F., 917; 1 L.R.A., 744; 35 F., 866; 33 L.R.A., 209; 59 A.S.R., 457; 35 S.W. 129; 156 U.S. 1 ; 39 L.Ed., 325 ; 174 U.S. 237 ; 44 L.Ed., 146 ; 193 U.S. 197 ; 48 L.Ed., 679 ; 196 U.S. 375 ; 49 L.Ed., 518 ; 59 N.E., 55 ; 229 U.S. 373 ; 57 L.Ed., 1232 ; 221 U.S. 1 ; 55 L.Ed., 619 ; 34 L.R.A. (N.S.), 834; Ann. Cas., 1912-D, 734; 221 U.S. 106 ; 55 L.Ed., 663 ; 75 A.S.R., 306; 54 N.E., 551; 196 U.S. 589 ;. Messrs. Royall Wright, Cyrus S. Gentry and Charles L. Harding , for respondent, Shell Oil Co., and Willcox, Hardee Wallace, George W. Ray, Jr. , and Albert E. Van Dusen , for respondent, The Texas Co., and Henry E. Davis , for respondent, Sinclair Refining Co., cite: Right of Legislature to regulate commerce and trade: 71 S.C. 544 ; 51 S.E., 455 ; 212 U.S. 86 ; 53 L.Ed., 417 ; 285 U.S. 262 ; 76 L.Ed., 747 ; 229 U.S. 26 ; 57 L.Ed., 1050 ; 262 U.S. 522 ; 67 L.Ed., 1103 . Constitutionality of penal statute repugnant to due process clause: 269 U.S. 385 ; 70 L.Ed., 323 ; 19 Ann. Cas., 68; 83 L.Ed., 590 ; 92 U.S. 214 ; 23 L.Ed., 563 ; 283 U.S. 359 ; 75 L.Ed., 1117 ; 73 A.L.R., 1484; 303 U.S. 444 ; 82 L.Ed., 949 ; 269 U.S. 385 ; 70 L.Ed., 322 ; 274 U.S. 445 ; 71 L.Ed., 1146 ; 210 P., 841; 213 P., 331; 234 U.S. 232 ; 58 L.Ed., 1284 ; 255 U.S. 81 ; 65 L.Ed., 516 . Language of . Messrs. McEachin Townsend, Benet, Shand McGowan, Luke W. Finlay, Clarence J. Shearn and Charles C. Smith , for respondent, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, cite: As to construction of penal statute creating new offense: 269 U.S. 385 ; 70 L.Ed., 322 ; 274 U.S. 445 ; 71 L.Ed., 1146 ; 210 P., 843; 234 U.S. 216 ; 255 U.S. 81 ; 236 U.S. 660 . Where statute indefinite and uncertain: 234 U.S. 639 ; 83 L.Ed., 590 ; 19 Ann. Cas., 68; 267 U.S. 233 ; 69 L.Ed., 589 ; 283 U.S. 553 ; 75 L.Ed., 1264 ; 286 U.S. 210 ; 76 L.Ed., 1062 ; 22 F. Supp. 249 ; 23 F. Supp. 70 ; 209 P., 896 ; 109 S.W.2d 106; 193 S.W., 675 ; 46 F.2d 354 ; 99 S.C. 218 ; 5 L.Ed., 37 ; 287 U.S. 86 ; 77 L.Ed., 180 ; 279 U.S. 639 ; 73 L.Ed., 884 . Due process clause: 291 U.S. 502 ; 23 F. Supp. 70 ; 50 F., 749; 152 U.S. 436 ; 295 F., 84; 82 P.2d 1 ; 102 S.W. 710; 77 P.2d 464 ; 131 N.W., 836; 25 R. C.L., 1050; 84 A., 567; 207 N.W., 210; 185 S.W. 487; 199 S.W. 811 ; 55 S.W. 117 ; 219 U.S. 467 ; 55 L.Ed., 297 ; 176 S.C. 41 ; 165 S.E., 724 ; 288 F., 774. Demurrer: 71 A.L.R., 1190; 181 N.W., 106; 127 N.W., 379; 140 A.S.R., 460; 74 N.E., 1035; 1 L.R.A. (N.S.), 215; 108 A.S.R., 196; 3 Ann. Cas., 487; 46 N.E., 720; 55 N.E., 550; 77 S.E., 264; 80 S.E., 367; 44 L.R.A. (N.S.), 83; 18 R.C.L., 108; 11 A.J., 825; 82 L.Ed., 1235 ; 304 U.S. 144 ; 293 U.S. 194 ; 79 L.Ed., 281 ; 264 U.S. 543 ; 68 L.Ed., 841 ; 295 U.S. 330 ; 274 U.S. 357 ; 298 U.S. 407 ; 301 U.S. 495 ; 81 L.Ed., 1245 ; 109 A.L.R., 1327; 238 U.S. 446 ; 59 L.Ed., 1400 ; 302 U.S. 392 .

State v. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

The decree of Judge Ride, from which this appeal is taken, includes a thorough discussion of the issues raised by the exceptions. We think that the questions before us have been soundly decided by the lower Court, and that the exceptions are without merit. Ret the decree of the Circuit Court be reported as the judgment of this Court.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. Chiee Justice Bonham, Mr. Justice Carter and Messrs. Acting Associate Justices J. Henry Johnson and E. H. Henderson concur.

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