In the early months of 1927, the U.S. Supreme Court decided two cases that might not initially appear to share anything in common.
In Tyson and Brother v. Banton, the Supreme Court struck down a New York law forbidding the resale of theater tickets "at a price in excess of fifty cents in advance of the price printed on the face of such ticket." "If it be within the legitimate authority of government to fix maximum charges for admission to theaters," observed the Court, "it is hard to see where the limit of power in respect to price-fixing is to be drawn."
