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In the United States v. Wiesenfeld Warehouse Co., 1963, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the government, upholding a law that allowed customs officials to seize goods stored in bonded warehouses if import duties were not paid within three years. The case arose when Wiesenfeld Warehouse Company challenged this law after their goods were seized by U.S. Customs for non-payment of duties. They argued that it violated their Fifth Amendment rights as they had not been given adequate notice or opportunity to be heard before seizure occurred and also claimed it was an unlawful taking of property without just compensation under the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause. However, Justice Hugo Black writing for a unanimous court rejected these arguments stating that Congress has broad power over foreign commerce including imposing reasonable time limits on duty payments and authorizing seizures if those are not met.
The dissenting opinion in the United States v. Wiesenfeld Warehouse Co., 1963 case was not available or recorded. The Supreme Court's decision was unanimous, with all justices agreeing that the warehouse company had violated the Robinson-Patman Act by giving preferential pricing to certain customers over others. Therefore, there were no dissenting opinions for this particular case.