TYLER PIPE INDUSTRIES, INC.
v.
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 2, 1987
Decided June 23, 1987
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Neil J. O'Brien argued the cause for appellant in No. 85-1963. With him on the briefs was Peter J. Turner. D. Michael Young argued the cause for appellants in No. 85-2006. With him on the briefs were John T. Piper and Franklin G. Dinces.
William Berggren Collins, Assistant Attorney General of Washington, argued the cause for appellee in both cases. With him on the brief were Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and James R. Tuttle, Leland T. Johnson, and Timothy R. Malone, Assistant Attorneys General.†
Benna Ruth Solomon and Mark C. Rutzick filed a brief for the National Governors' Association et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.
Supreme Court of United States.
JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.
In Armco Inc. v. Hardesty,467 U.S. 638 (1984), we held that West Virginia's gross receipts tax on the business of selling tangible property at wholesale discriminated against interstate commerce because it exempted local manufacturers. The principal question in these consolidated appeals is whether Washington's manufacturing tax similarly violates the Commerce Clause...
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