STANDARD OIL CO. v. GRAVES

No. 177.

249 U.S. 389 (1919)

STANDARD OIL COMPANY v. GRAVES, AND GRAVES AS COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Oscar Sutro, with whom Mr. E.S. Pillsbury, Mr. F.D. Madison, Mr. H.D. Pillsbury, Mr. Alfred Sutro, Mr. R.A. Ballinger, Mr. Alfred Battle and Mr. Bruce C. Shorts were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. L.L. Thompson, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Washington, with whom Mr. W.V. Tanner, Attorney General of the State of Washington, and Mr. Glenn J. Fairbrook, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Washington, were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error filed a complaint and an amended complaint in the Superior Court of Thurston County, Washington, to enjoin the collection of fees prescribed by the Oil Inspection Act of that State upon the ground that the statute was in contravention of the Constitution of the United States. The Superior Court held the law to be unconstitutional. Upon appeal the Supreme...

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