Weaver v. Palmer Bros. Co.

Pennsylvania's 1923 act banned using shoddy (reused fabric scraps) in new bedding manufacture, and state official Weaver (defendant) threatened Connecticut bedding manufacturer Palmer Bros. (plaintiff), which used shoddy, with fines or imprisonment for violating the ban. Palmer Bros. sued to enjoin enforcement as violating due process and equal protection; the district court granted the injunction, and Weaver appealed.

Whether a state statute banning the use of shoddy material in bedding manufacture violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.