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Show EIGHTY-CENT GAS LAW CAN BE ENFORCED Washington. Jan. 4. In an opinion of Justice Pcckham, which was unanimously unan-imously concurred in by the entire court, Ihe supremo court of the United States today reversed the decision of the United States Circuit court for the southern district of New York, granting grant-ing an injunction for the enforcement of the eighty-cent gas law. The decision de-cision of the court did not deal with the constitutionality of the law, but left the inference that the question would depend upon the fact as to whether the law was confiscatory, which it was intimated has not been sufficiently determined. Justice Pecltham said that a bona fide teat should be made tinder the operation of the law before appealing to the courts for its nullification. |