CENTRAL R. CO. v. PENNSYLVANIA

No. 400.

370 U.S. 607 (1962)

CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA v. PENNSYLVANIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 25, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy J. Keefer argued the cause and filed briefs for appellant.

George W. Keitel, Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the briefs was David Stahl, Attorney General.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case we must decide whether the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania may, consistently with the Commerce Clause and the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, impose an annual property tax on the total value of freight cars owned by the appellant, a Pennsylvania corporation, despite the fact that a considerable number of such cars spend a...

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