KERN-LIMERICK, INC. v. SCURLOCK

No. 115.

347 U.S. 110 (1954)

KERN-LIMERICK, INC. ET AL. v. SCURLOCK, COMMISSIONER OF REVENUES FOR ARKANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Holland argued the cause for appellants. On the brief were Acting Solicitor General Stern, Mr. Holland, Ellis N. Slack and Lee A. Jackson for the United States, and A. F. House and William Nash for Kern-Limerick, Inc., appellants.

O. T. Ward argued the cause and filed a brief for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal brings here the legality of the application of the Arkansas Gross Receipts Tax Law of 1941, Ark. Stat., 1947, § 84-1901 et seq., to a transaction by which certain private contractors engaged in a joint venture, abbreviated WHMS, procured in Arkansas two diesel tractors costing $17,146, for use in the construction there for the United States of a naval ammunition depot estimated to cost over...

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