1. Beer Co. v. Mass., SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, May 13, 1878, Decided; OCTOBER, 1877, Term
OVERVIEW: Charter between the company and the city reserved power to the state legislature to pass any law it saw fit, and the Prohibitory Liquor Law was a valid exercise of state's police power. Thus, the law was not void as it applied to the company.
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