carolene products argued april decided april appeal district southern district illinois homer cummings atty brien mcmahon asst atty appellant george murdock chicago appellee justice stone delivered opinion question decision whether milk act congress march stat prohibits shipment interstate commerce skimmed milk compounded fat oil milk fat resemble milk cream transcends power congress regulate interstate commerce infringes fifth amendment appellee indicted district southern illinois violation act shipment interstate commerce certain packages compound condensed skimmed milk coconut oil made imitation semblance condensed milk cream indictment words statute section milnut adulterated article food injurious public health prepared food product type excepted prohibition act trial sustained demurrer indictment authority earlier case carolene products case brought appeal criminal appeals act march stat appeals seventh circuit meanwhile another case upheld filled milk act appropriate exercise commerce power carolene products evaporated milk appellee assails statute beyond power congress interstate commerce hence invasion field action said reserved tenth amendment appellee also complains statute denies equal protection laws violation fifth amendment deprives property without due process law particularly statute purports make binding conclusive upon appellee legislative declaration appellee product adulterated article food injurious public health sale constitutes fraud public first power regulate commerce power prescribe rule commerce governed gibbons ogden wheat extends prohibition shipments commerce reid colorado lottery case champion ames delaware hudson hoke clark distilling western maryland hill mccormick brown power complete may exercised utmost extent acknowledges limitations prescribed constitution gibbons ogden supra wheat hence congress free exclude interstate commerce articles whose use destined may reasonably conceive injurious public health morals welfare reid colorado supra lottery case supra hipolite egg hoke supra contravene policy state destination kentucky whip collar illinois central regulation forbidden invasion state power either motive consequence restrict use articles commerce within destination prohibited unless due process clause fifth amendment objection exertion power regulate interstate commerce exercise attended incidents attend exercise police power seven cases hamilton kentucky distilleries warehouse prohibition shipment filled milk interstate commerce permissible regulation commerce subject restrictions fifth amendment second prohibition shipment appellee product interstate commerce infringe fifth amendment twenty years ago hebe shaw held state law forbids manufacture sale product assumed wholesome nutritive made condensed skimmed milk compounded coconut oil forbidden fourteenth amendment power legislature secure minimum particular nutritive elements widely used article food protect public fraudulent substitutions doubted thought ample scope legislative judgment prohibition offending article appropriate means preventing injury public see persuasive reason departing ruling fifth amendment concerned since none suggested might rest decision wholly presumption constitutionality affirmative evidence also sustains statute twenty years evidence steadily accumulated danger public health general consumption foods stripped elements essential maintenance health filled milk act adopted congress committee hearings course eminent scientists health experts testified extensive investigation made commerce milk compounds vegetable oils substituted natural milk fat effect upon public health use compounds food substitute milk conclusions drawn evidence presented hearings embodied reports house committee agriculture senate committee agriculture forestry sess committees concluded statute declares use filled milk substitute pure milk generally injurious health facilitates fraud public nothing constitution compels legislature either national state ignore evidence need disregard evidence amply supports conclusions congressional committees danger greatly enhanced inferior product like appellee indistinguishable valuable food almost universal use thus making fraudulent distribution easy protection consumer difficult prohibition statute inoperative unless product imitation semblance milk cream skimmed milk whether condensed section whether circumstance public adequately protected prohibition false labels false branding imposed pure food drugs act et whether necessary go farther prohibit substitute food product thought injurious health used substitute two distinguishable matter legislative judgment courts hebe shaw supra south carolina state highway department barnwell inc decided february upon ground prohibition sale oleomargarine made imitation butter held infringe fourteenth amendment powell pennsylvania capital city dairy ohio compare mccray purity extract tonic lynch appellee raises valid objection present statute arguing prohibition extended oleomargarine butter substitutes vegetable fats oils substituted butter fat fifth amendment equal protection clause even fourteenth applicable compel legislatures prohibit like evils none legislature may hit abuse found even though failed strike another central lumber south dakota miller wilson hall farmers merchants bank federal reserve bank third may assume present purposes pronouncement legislature forestall attack upon constitutionality prohibition enacts applying opprobrious epithets prohibited act statute deny due process precluded disproof judicial proceedings facts show tend show statute depriving suitor life liberty property rational basis think purpose construction statutory characterization filled milk injurious health fraud upon public need consider declaration legislative findings deemed support justify action taken constitutional exertion legislative power aiding informed judicial review reports legislative committees revealing rationale legislation even absence aids existence facts supporting legislative judgment presumed regulatory legislation affecting ordinary commercial transactions pronounced unconstitutional unless light facts made known generally assumed character preclude assumption rests upon rational basis within knowledge experience legislators see metropolitan casualty ins brownell cases cited present statutory findings affect appellee reports congressional committees since absence statutory findings presumed incorporation statute prejudicial surplusage existence rational basis legislation whose constitutionality attacked depends upon facts beyond sphere judicial notice facts may properly made subject judicial inquiry borden farm products baldwin constitutionality statute predicated upon existence particular state facts may challenged showing facts ceased exist chastleton corporation sinclair similarly recognize constitutionality statute valid face may assailed proof facts tending show statute applied ular article without support reason article although within prohibited class different others class without reason prohibition railroad retirement board alton see whitney california cf morf bingaman though effect proof depends relevant circumstances case example administrative difficulty excluding article regulated class carmichael southern coal coke south carolina state highway department barnwell decided february nature inquiries legislative judgment drawn question must restricted issue whether state facts either known reasonably assumed affords support demurrer challenges validity statute face evident considerations presented congress may take judicial notice question least debatable whether commerce filled milk left unregulated measure restricted wholly prohibited decision congress neither finding arrived weighing evidence verdict jury substituted price illinois hebe shaw supra standard oil marysville south carolina barnwell supra citing worcester county trust riley prohibition shipment interstate commerce appellee product described indictment constitutional exercise power regulate interstate commerce statute unconstitutional face demurrer overruled judgment reversed reversed justice black concurs result opinion except part marked justice mcreynolds thinks judgment affirmed justice cardozo justice reed took part consideration decision case justice butler concur result prima facie facts alleged indictment sufficient constitute violation statute sufficient conclusively establish guilt accused trial may introduce evidence show declaration act described product injurious public health sale fraud upon public without substantial foundation mobile turnipseed manley georgia provisions indictment rests possible construed avoid serious question constitutionality federal trade comm amer tobacco panama johnson missouri pac boone richmond screw anchor construed exclude interstate commerce wholesome food products demonstrably neither injurious health calculated deceive repugnant fifth amendment weaver palmer see people carolene products carolene products mclaughlin carolene products thomson carolene products banning neb allegation indictment milnut adulterated article food injurious public health tenders issue fact determined upon evidence footnotes relevant portions statute follows term milk means milk cream skimmed milk whether condensed evaporated concentrated powdered dried desiccated added blended compounded fat oil milk fat resulting product imitation semblance milk cream skimmed milk whether condensed evaporated concentrated powdered dried desiccated declared filled milk herein defined adulterated article food injurious public health sale constitutes fraud upon public shall unlawful person ship deliver shipment interstate foreign commerce filled milk section imposes penalties violations fine imprisonment one year reports may summarized follows extensive commerce milk compounds made condensed milk butter fat extracted equivalent amount vegetable oil usually coconut oil substituted compounds resemble milk taste appearance distributed packages resembling pure condensed milk distributed reason extraction natural milk fat compounded product manufactured sold lower cost pure milk butter fat constitutes important part food value pure milk rich vitamins food elements essential proper nutrition wanting vegetable oils use filled milk dietary substitute pure milk results especially case children undernourishment induces diseases attend malnutrition despite compliance branding labeling requirements pure food drugs act et widespread use filled milk food substitute pure milk aided identical taste appearance similarity containers sold practice dealers offering inferior product customers good better pure condensed milk sold higher price customers ignorance respective food values two products many sections country inability read labels placed containers large amounts filled milk much shipped sold bulk purchased hotels boarding houses manufactures food products ice cream whose customers labeling restrictions afford protection extensive literature indicating wide recognition scientists dietitians great importance public health butter fat whole milk prime source vitamins essential growth producing disease preventing elements diet see henry sherman meaning vitamin science mccollum et newer knowledge nutrition pp root food vitamins car state board health may henry sherman chemistry food nutrition mary rose foundations nutrition filled milk act passed eleven rigidly controlled exploitation filled milk forbidden altogether sess adopted laws terms operation prohibit sale filled milk art pope deering tit act idaho code jones supp burns iowa code code art mason pp anderson mcfarland laws agriculture markets law page ohio purdon tit williams code vernon tit art pp utah tit code code ed cf three others subjected sale rigid regulations code remington tit pp may narrower scope operation presumption constitutionality legislation appears face within specific prohibition constitution first ten amendments deemed equally specific held embraced within fourteenth see stromberg california lovell griffin decided march unnecessary consider whether legislation restricts political processes ordinarily expected bring repeal undesirable legislation subjected exacting judicial scrutiny general prohibitions fourteenth amendment types legislation restrictions upon right vote see nixon herndon nixon condon restraints upon dissemination information see near minnesota grosjean american press lovell griffin supra interferences political organizations see stromberg california supra fiske kansas whitney california herndon lowry see holmes gitlow new york prohibition peaceable assembly see de jonge oregon need enquire whether similar considerations enter review statutes directed particular religious pierce society sisters national meyer nebraska bartels iowa farrington tokushige racial minorities nixon herndon supra nixon condon supra whether prejudice discrete insular minorities may special condition tends seriously curtail operation political processes ordinarily relied upon protect minorities may call correspondingly searching judicial inquiry compare mcculloch maryland wheat south carolina state highway department barnwell decided february note cases cited