Collins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co.

Collins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co., 304 U.S. 518 (1938), is a court case in which the appellee, the Yosemite Park and Curry Co., brought this suit to enjoin the California State Board of Equalization and the State Attorney General from enforcing the 'Alcoholic Beverage Control Act' of the State of California, within the limits of Yosemite National Park.

Collins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co.
Argued April 27–28, 1938
Decided May 31, 1938
Full case nameCollins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co.
Citations304 U.S. 518 (more)
58 S. Ct. 1009; 82 L. Ed. 1502; 1938 U.S. LEXIS 1030
Case history
Prior20 F. Supp. 1009 (N.D. Cal. 1937)
Court membership
Chief Justice
Charles E. Hughes
Associate Justices
James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis
Pierce Butler · Harlan F. Stone
Owen Roberts · Benjamin N. Cardozo
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Case opinion
MajorityReed
Cardozo took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Supreme Court involvement

The court distinguished between the State's power under the Twenty-first Amendment to regulate the importation of liquor to the state, and its "territorial jurisdiction" over a federal enclave like the park.

The court held that the sections of a California statute which levied excises on sales of liquor in Yosemite National Park were enforceable in the Park, while sections of the same statute providing regulation of the Park liquor traffic through licenses were unenforceable.

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