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MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE CO. v. MINNESOTA COMM'R OF REV.

No. 81-1839.

460 U.S. 575 (1983)

MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE CO. v. MINNESOTA COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence C. Brown argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were John D. French, John P. Borger, and Norton L. Armour.

Paul R. Kempainen, Special Assistant Attorney General of Minnesota, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Warren Spannaus, Attorney General.*

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.†

This case presents the question of a State's power to impose a special tax on the press and, by enacting exemptions, to limit its effect to only a few newspapers.

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Since 1967, Minnesota has imposed a sales tax on most sales of goods for a price in excess of a nominal sum.1 Act of June 1...

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