McGOLDRICK v. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE

No. 44.

309 U.S. 430 (1940)

McGOLDRICK, COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, v. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 25, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William C. Chanler, with whom Messrs. Sol Charles Levine and Jerome R. Hellerstein were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Harold S. Deming, with whom Mr. Donald Havens was on the brief, for respondent.

By leave of Court, briefs of amici curiae were filed by Messrs. Cletus Keating, H. Maurice Fridlund, Richard Sullivan, and Earl Q. Kullman, representing certain taxpayers; and by Messrs. George deForest Lord and Woodson D. Scott, on behalf of the Cunard White Star, Ltd., challenging the validity of the tax.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a companion case to McGoldrick v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co., ante, p. 33, brought here to review a judgment of the New York State Supreme Court that the New York City tax laid upon sales of goods for consumption, is an unconstitutional burden on interstate commerce.

Upon certiorari to review a determination by the Comptroller of the City of New York that respondent was subject...

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