Legal Opinion
McCarroll v. Dixie Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 11, 1940No. 138PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
An Arkansas statute1 prohibits entry into the State of any automobile or truck “carrying over twenty (20) gal-*177Ions of gasoline in the gasoline tank of such automobile or truck or in auxiliary tanks of said trucks to be used as motor fuel in said truck or motor vehicles until the state tax thereon [six and one-half cents per gallon2] has been paid.”
Appellee, a Delaware corporation, operates passenger busses propelled by gasoline motors, from Memphis, Tennessee across Arkansas to St. Louis, Missouri, and in reverse. The route between these points approximates 342 miles—3 in Tennessee, 78 in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hendrick v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Interstate Transit, Inc. v. LindseySupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Hicklin v. ConeySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Bingaman v. Golden Eagle Western Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Sparling v. Refunding BoardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1934
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Marsh v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. O'ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District v. Delta Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
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