Show UNITED U N S1 ATES ATESS SUPREME S COURT Mandate in Northern Securities es Case Issued MISSOURI BEER LAW VALID NEW YORK LAW UN UNCONSTITUTIONAL UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL Washington April 17 In accord accordance ance nUO a with Aith the previous announcement ent l llY Fy y Chief Justice Fuller the mandate of the lh supreme court of ot the United States In lit the Northern Securities case cae wa was was te o 1 sued today It was directed to W V P chief counsel for Cor the securities company and the essential part vart of or it Js jp as follows Whereas In hi th t the present term tenn the cause ause came to be heard before the su MU supreme supreme preme court and was argued by coun counsel eel sel it Is 18 now and here ordered ad adJudged adjUdged adjudged Judged and decreed by this titis court that decree of the United States circuit lurt of appeals in this cause be and the tIc same is hereby with costs i ul that the said Rid appellant Northern t company recover against the said ail appellees appell s 20 20 for its costs herein expended and have execution and anti it is further ordered that this cause be and the same is hereby re remanded remanded to the circuit court ourt for the 1 States tateo Stat for the district of New Ne J rey The opinion was handed down in the tse IM 1 of Lockner vs the State of or New NewYork NewYork York and was as based on the ground that the law interferes with the free e of the rights of contract be between bet between tween t individuals Individual The court of oS appeals appeal of the state upheld the law and nd aX af tinned the judgment nt of f the trial ourt holding Lockner guilty Judge Parker wrote the opinion of the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York court o of appeals supporting the Ule law Ian anti and the court divided four to tot three t on tl tle e question que of validity |