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PULLMAN'S PALACE CAR CO. v. PENNSYLVANIA

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141 U.S. 18 (1891)

PULLMAN'S PALACE CAR COMPANY v. PENNSYLVANIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargument ordered November 5, 1888.

Reargued March 6, 1890.

Decided May 25, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward S. Isham and Mr. William Barry argued for the plaintiff in error at the argument on the 18th of October, 1888.

Mr. Edward S. Isham and Mr. John S. Runnells argued for the plaintiff in error at the argument on the 6th of March, 1890.

Mr. W.S. Kirkpatrick, Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania, argued for the defendant in error at both arguments. Mr. John F. Sanderson, Deputy Attorney General of that State, was with him on the brief in both cases.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

Upon this writ of error, whether this tax was in accordance with the law of Pennsylvania is a question on which the decision of the highest court of the State is conclusive. The only question of which this court has jurisdiction is whether the tax was in violation of the clause of the Constitution of the United States granting to Congress the power to regulate

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