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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY v. CAL. EQUALIZATION BD.

No. 75-1868.

430 U.S. 551 (1977)

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY v. CALIFORNIA BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 4, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Hanson argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Michael N. Khourie, Glenn L. Archer, Jr., and Michael C. Durney.

Philip M. Plant, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, and Ernest P. Goodman, Assistant Attorney General.*

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant National Geographic Society, a nonprofit scientific and educational corporation of the District of Columbia, maintains two offices in California that solicit advertising copy for the Society's monthly magazine, the National Geographic Magazine. However, the offices perform no activities related to the Society's operation of a mail-order business for the sale from the District of Columbia of maps, atlases...

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