Supreme Court of the United States January 12, 1920, 603 (Jacob Ruppert v. Caffey)

Mr. Justice Brandéis

delivered the opinion of the court.

By the Act of August 10,1917, c. 53, § 15, 40 Stat. 276, 282, a war measure known as the Lever Act, Congress prohibited the use after September 9, J91V, of food materials or feeds in the production of distilled spirits for beverage.