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WILLIAMS v. STANDARD OIL CO.

Nos. 64 and 65.

278 U.S. 235 (1929)

WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE, ET AL. v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF LOUISIANA. SAME v. THE TEXAS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Charles T. Cates, Jr., and James J. Lynch, with whom Messrs. L.D. Smith, Attorney General of Tennessee, and H.N. Leech were on the briefs, for appellants.

Messrs. John W. Davis and H. Dent Minor for appellee in No. 64.

Mr. John B. Keeble, with whom Messrs. Harry T. Klein and C.B. Ames were on the brief, for appellee in No. 65.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases were considered together by the court below and are submitted together here. In both the validity of a statute of Tennessee is assailed as contravening the Federal Constitution. Appellee in No. 64 is a corporation organized under the laws of Louisiana, and appellee in No. 65 is a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware. From a time long prior...

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