Mugler v. Kansas

Mugler, Ziebold, and Hagelin (defendants) continued operating their breweries after Kansas (plaintiff) banned beer manufacture and sale except for narrow exceptions like medicinal use, with violations subject to prosecution, brewery closure, and destruction of fixtures and stock. Kansas successfully prosecuted Mugler, whose conviction was affirmed by the Kansas Supreme Court, and separately sought to enjoin Ziebold and Hagelin from continuing to operate; all three brewers argued the statute drastically devalued their brewery properties and that the state's failure to compensate them for that loss violated due process, and after the circuit court ruled for the brewers, Kansas appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.