UNITED STATES v. NEW MEXICO

No. 80-702.

455 U.S. 720 (1982)

UNITED STATES v. NEW MEXICO ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 24, 1982


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Jones argued the cause, pro hac vice, for the United States. On the briefs were Solicitor General Lee, Acting Assistant Attorney General Murray, Stuart A. Smith, Johnathan S. Cohen, and R. Bruce Johnson.

Daniel H. Friedman, Special Assistant Attorney General of New Mexico, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Jeff Bingaman, Attorney General, Richard M. Kopel, Sarah E. Bennett, James A. Burke, Edward R. Barnicle, Jr., Denise D. Fort, and Gerald B. Richardson, Assistant Attorneys General.*

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, and Anthony M. Summers and Neal J. Gobar, Deputy Attorneys General, filed a brief for the State of California as amicus curiae.


JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

We are presented here with a recurring problem: to what extent may a State impose taxes on contractors that conduct business with the Federal Government?

I

A

This case concerns the contractual relationships between three private entities and the United States. The three agreements involved are typical in most respects of management contracts devised by the Atomic Energy Commission

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