| 62 Cases of Jam v. United States | |
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| Argued March 5–6, 1951 Decided March 26, 1951 | |
| Full case name | 62 Cases, More or Less, Each Containing Six Jars of Jam v. United States |
| Citations | 340 U.S. 593 (more) 71 S. Ct. 515; 95 L. Ed. 2d 566 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | United States v. 62 Cases of Jam, 87 F. Supp. 735 (D.N.M. 1949), rev'd, United States v. 62 Cases, More or Less, Containing Six Jars of Jam, Etc., 183 F.2d 1014 (10th Cir. 1950); cert. granted, 340 U.S. 890 (1950). |
| Holding | |
| An imitation jam labeled "imitation" did not violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act's prohibition on "mislabeled" food products. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Frankfurter, joined by Vinson, Reed, Jackson, Burton, Clark, Minton |
| Dissent | Douglas, joined by Black |
| Laws applied | |
| Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act | |
62 Cases of Jam v. United States, 340 U.S. 593 (1951), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that "imitation jam", so labeled, was not a "misbranded" product under § 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, 21 U.S.C. § 343, even though it did not meet federal regulations for being fruit jam.
The form of the styling of this case—the defendant being an object, rather than a legal person—is because this is a jurisdiction in rem (power over objects) case, rather than the more familiar in personam (over persons) case.