Justice Sutherland delivered the unanimous opinion affirming the judgment. The Court held that successive narcotics sales resulting from separate bargains are distinct offenses, even when made to the same purchaser close together in time.
Supreme Court of the United States, 1931
Published opinions from 1931. The case name opens the case page.
1931 opinions
Chief Justice Hughes's majority opinion held that freedom of the press is protected against state infringement by the Fourteenth Amendment and that Minnesota's statute authorizing suppression of malicious, scandalous, and defamatory periodicals, insofar as it authorized these proceedings, imposed an unconstitutional…
Chief Justice Hughes delivered the Court's opinion reversing Stromberg's conviction and directing further proceedings. The Fourteenth Amendment protects free political discussion, and California's prohibition on displaying a flag as an emblem of opposition to organized government was facially invalid because its…