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FOX v. STANDARD OIL CO.

No. 69.

294 U.S. 87 (1935)

FOX v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 14, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Homer A. Holt, Attorney General of West Virginia, with whom Messrs. R. Dennis Steed and Wm. Holt Wooddell, Assistant Attorneys General, were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. H.D. Rummel, with whom Messrs. Donald O. Blagg and A.G. Stone were on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The controversy hinges upon the meaning and validity of the chain store license tax of West Virginia in its application to distributing plants and service stations for the sale of gasoline and kindred products.

On March 8, 1933, the legislature of West Virginia passed a law whereby all persons and corporations operating or maintaining a store as therein defined...

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