U.S. Supreme Court WILLIAMS v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF LOUISIANA, 278 U.S. 235 (1929)

[Page 278 U.S. 235, 245]

expressed in the title.' It is fair to conclude, and there is nothing to suggest the contrary, that in the passage of the present act the Legislature intended to observe this requirement and confine the provisions of the act to the one subject of price-fixing.

Accordingly, we must hold that the object of the statute under review was to accomplish the single general purpose which we have stated, and, that purpose failing for want of constitutional power to effect it, the remaining portions of the act, serving merely to facilitate or contribute to the consummation of the purpose, must likewise fall.

Decrees affirmed.

Mr. Justice HOLMES dissents.

Mr. Justice BRANDEIS and Mr. Justice STONE concur in the result.