# State v. Packard

> Utah Supreme Court · November 17, 1952 · 122 Utah 369

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9545847

## Case

- **Full name:** State v. Packard
- **Court:** Utah Supreme Court
- **Decided:** November 17, 1952
- **Citations:** 122 Utah 369; 250 P.2d 561; 31 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2122; 1952 Utah LEXIS 212
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Wade
- **Judges:** Crockett, Wade, Henriod, Wolfe, McDonough
- **Cited by:** 34 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding statutory language "a national recognized union” unconstitutionally vague and citing with approval In re Peppers, 189 Cal. 682, 209 P. 896, 897 (1922) "wherein an act providing that 'oranges ... shall be considered unfit for shipment when frosted to the extent of endan…
- describing Article XII, Sec. 19 as "one of the basic freedoms vouched safe [sic] by our state constitution," which "complements and makes more meaningful the other rights guaranteed as part of our constitutional liberties"
- describing Article XII, § 19 as "one of the basic freedoms vouched safe [sic] by our state constitution," which "complements and makes more meaningful the other rights guaranteed as part of our constitutional liberties”
- finding statutory language "a national recognized union” unconstitutionally vague

## Opinion text

WADE, Justice.
I concur with the prevailing opinion that this statute is unconstitutional because it is unreasonably discrimina- *381 toiy. Since that disposes of the case, it is not necessary to decide whether a conviction under this statute lacks due process of law because the statute is too uncertain. I therefore express no opinion on that question.

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