Webb v. United States

Webb v. United States, 249 U.S. 96 (1919), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that prescriptions of narcotics for maintenance treatment was not within the discretion of physicians and thus not privileged under the Harrison Narcotics Act.

Webb v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 16, 1919 Decided March 3, 1919
Full case name	Webb, et al. v. United States
Citations	249 U.S. 96 (more) 39 S. Ct. 217; 63 L. Ed. 497; 1919 U.S. LEXIS 2230; 17 Ohio L. Rep. 88
Court membership
Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
Case opinions
Majority	Day, joined by Holmes, Pitney, Brandeis, Clarke
Dissent	White, joined by McKenna, Van Devanter, McReynolds

External links

• Text of Webb v. United States, 249 U.S. 96 (1919) is available from: Justia Library of Congress