PACIFIC CO. v. JOHNSON

No. 270.

285 U.S. 480 (1932)

PACIFIC CO., LTD. v. JOHNSON, STATE TREASURER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued March 17, 1932.

Decided April 11, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stuart Chevalier, with whom Messrs. Melvin D. Wilson, Joseph D. Peeler, Donald O. Hunter, and Robert N. Miller were on the brief, for appellant.

Messrs. H.H. Linney, Deputy Attorney General of California, and U.S. Webb, Attorney General, with whom Mr. Frank L. Guerena was on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is here on appeal, Jud. Code § 237, from a judgment of the Supreme Court of California, denying recovery of a tax paid by appellant, a California corporation, for the privilege of doing business within the state, and exacted under a statute1 alleged to be in contravention of the contract...

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