EDELMAN v. BOEING AIR TRANSP.

No. 571.

289 U.S. 249 (1933)

EDELMAN, STATE TREASURER, ET AL. v. BOEING AIR TRANSPORT, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 17, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. James A. Greenwood, Attorney General of Wyoming, and George W. Ferguson, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Messrs. Richard J. Jackson, Deputy Attorney General, R. Dwight Wallace, Assistant Attorney General, and T.S. Taliaferro, Jr., were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. William M. Allen, with whom Messrs. John W. Lacey, Elmer E. Todd, and Clarence R. Innis were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent, a Washington corporation operating airplanes in Wyoming, brought this suit in equity in the District Court of Wyoming against petitioners, state tax officials, and the cities of Cheyenne and Rock Springs, to enjoin the collection of a state excise tax levied upon the use of gasoline by respondent within the State, as a violation of the commerce clause of the...

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