The Court held that entrapment is a defense under the National Prohibition Act when government officers implant a criminal design in an otherwise innocent person and induce its commission. Evidence of repeated solicitation exploiting shared military service warranted submitting that defense to the jury.
Supreme Court of the United States, 1932
Published opinions from 1932. The case name opens the case page.
1932 opinions
The Supreme Court affirmed the district court’s permanent injunction against Governor Sterling, the Adjutant General, and General Wolters, holding that the Governor lacked authority to limit oil production by military order and that such actions were subject to federal judicial review under the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Supreme Court denied Winfield A. Green’s petition for a writ of mandamus, holding that the district court correctly retained jurisdiction over the limitation‑of‑liability issue and could enjoin further state‑court proceedings when that issue was raised.
The Court held that Texas's statutory delegation of authority to the Democratic State Executive Committee made the committee an instrument of the State when it excluded Black voters from the primary based on race.
Chief Justice Hughes's opinion upheld the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act's substantive compensation scheme and its use of administrative factfinding, while construing the Act to preserve independent judicial determination of the fundamental facts of employment and injury on navigable waters.