Legal Opinion
Fox v. Standard Oil Co. of NJ
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 14, 1935No. 69PublishedCited by 247 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cardozo
The controversy hinges upon the meaning and validity of the chain store license tax of West Virginia in its application to distributing plants and service stations for the sale of gasoline and kindred products.
On March 8, 1933, the legislature of West Virginia passed a law whereby all persons and corporations operating or maintaining a store as therein defined were required to obtain an annual license from the state tax commissioner. The license fee was graduated according to the number of stores. Upon one store the fee was to be $2; upon two stores or more, but not to exceed five, the fee…
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