OKLAHOMA TAX COMM'N v. U.S.

Nos. 623, 624, and 625.

319 U.S. 598 (1943)

OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 14, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. A.L. Herr and Clifford W. King, with whom Mr. E.L. Mitchell was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Warner W. Gardner, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Messrs. Felix S. Cohen and Norman A. Gray were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The United States brought these three actions to recover inheritance taxes imposed by the State of Oklahoma upon the transfer of the estates of three deceased members of the Five Civilized Tribes and paid under protest by the Secretary of the Interior from funds under his control belonging to those estates. The district court entered judgment on the merits for the State in each case. The Circuit Court of Appeals...

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