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OLIVER IRON CO. v. LORD

Nos. 560-566.

262 U.S. 172 (1923)

OLIVER IRON MINING COMPANY v. LORD ET AL. CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON COMPANY v. LORD ET AL. MESABA-CLIFFS IRON MINING COMPANY v. LORD ET AL. BENNETT MINING COMPANY ET AL. v. LORD ET AL. REPUBLIC IRON & STEEL COMPANY ET AL. v. LORD ET AL. BIWABIK MINING COMPANY ET AL. v. LORD ET AL. INTER-STATE IRON COMPANY v. LORD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 7, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Cordenio A. Severance, with whom Mr. George W. Morgan and Mr. Frank D. Adams were on the brief, for appellant in No. 560.

Mr. Henry J. Grannis, with whom Mr. William P. Belden was on the brief, for appellants in Nos. 561 and 562.

Mr. Oscar Mitchell, with whom Mr. William D. Bailey and Mr. Albert C. Gillette were on the brief, for appellants in Nos. 563 and 564.

Mr. Edgar W. MacPherran, for appellants in Nos. 565 and 566, submitted.

Mr. Egbert S. Oakley and Mr. Patrick J. Ryan, with whom Mr. Clifford L. Hilton, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, and Mr. Montreville J. Brown were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

These are suits to restrain and prevent the enforcement of a taxing act adopted by the State of Minnesota, April 11, 1921, c. 223, Laws 1921. The principal sections of the act are copied in the margin1 and may be summarized as follows: The first subjects all who are "engaged in the business of mining or producing iron ore or other ores...

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