INTERSTATE PIPE LINE CO. v. STONE

No. 287.

337 U.S. 662 (1949)

INTERSTATE OIL PIPE LINE CO. v. STONE, CHAIRMAN STATE TAX COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 20, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelan H. Hunter argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Villard Martin and Garrett Logan.

J.H. Sumrall argued the cause and filed a brief for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE RUTLEDGE announced the judgment of the Court and the following opinion, in which MR. JUSTICE BLACK, MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS and MR. JUSTICE MURPHY join.

This appeal questions the power of Mississippi, as affected by the commerce clause, to impose a tax measured by gross receipts from the operation of a pipe line wholly within the state.

Appellant is a Delaware corporation which has qualified to do business in Mississippi as a foreign corporation. It...

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