Cheney Bros. Co. v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1916-04-20

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Mr. Justice Van Devanter delivered the opinion of the court. We here are concerned with an excise tax imposed by Massachusetts in 1913. on each of seven foreign corporations on the ground that each was doing a local business in the State. Objections to the tax based on the commerce. clause of the Constitution and the due process and equal protection clauses of…

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