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UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES SHOE CORP.

No. 97-372.

523 U.S. 360 (1998)

UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES SHOE CORP.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided March 31, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Wallace argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Waxman, Assistant Attorney General Hunger, Kent L. Jones, David M. Cohen, Todd M. Hughes, and Lara Levinson.

James R. Atwood argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Brian S. Goldstein, Steven S. Weiser, Laurence M. Friedman, Paul A. Horowitz, and Robert A. Long, Jr.*

Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice Ginsburg, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Export Clause of the Constitution states: "No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State." U. S. Const., Art. I, § 9, cl. 5. We held in United States v. International Business Machines Corp., 517 U.S. 843 (1996) (IBM), that the Export Clause categorically bars Congress from imposing any tax on exports. The Clause, however...

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