Court Opinion

ID: 9643369
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 20:27:19.257409+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:00.082271
License: Public Domain

BRIGGLE, District Judge
(dissenting).
Two questions are present in this case: (1) Was defendant engaged in interstate commerce? (2) Was defendant conducting a retail or service establishment? The District Court answered both questions in the affirmative. If he was right in both answers the judgment must be affirmed. If he was wrong in both answers the judgment must be affirmed. If he was wrong in the first answer and right or wrong in the second the judgment must be affirmed. Only if he was right in the first answer and wrong in the second can the judgment be reversed. The decisions leave the answer to neither question free from doubt, but my judgment is that the better view calls for a negative answer to the first question and an affirmative answer to the second. If I am right in either instance, the judgment should be affirmed.