Legal Opinion
United States v. Ptasynski
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 6, 1983No. 82-1066PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
The issue is whether excluding a geographically defined class of oil from the coverage of the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act violates the Uniformity Clause.
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During the 1970’s the Executive Branch regulated the price of domestic crude oil. See H. R. Rep. No. 96-304, pp. 4-5 (1979). Depending on its vintage and type, oil was divided into differing classes or tiers and assigned a corresponding ceiling price. Initially, there were only two tiers, a lower tier for “old oil” and an upper tier for new production. As the regulatory framework developed, new classes of oil were recognized.
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