CITY OF PITTSBURGH v. ALCO PARKING CORP.

No. 73-582.

417 U.S. 369 (1974)

CITY OF PITTSBURGH v. ALCO PARKING CORP. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Lynch, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Grace S. Harris.

Leonard Boreman argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Richard H. Martin, Leonard M. Marks, and Eric Bregman.*


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue in this case is the validity under the Federal Constitution of Ordinance No. 704, which was enacted by the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, City Council in December 1969, and which placed a 20% tax on the gross receipts obtained from all transactions involving the parking or storing of a motor vehicle at a nonresidential parking place in return for a consideration.1 The ordinance...

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