Moses Lake Homes, Inc. v. Grant County

Among their various contentions, petitioners sought our writ of certiorari on the ground that, although finding that the State of Washington had discriminatorily, and therefore unconstitutionally, valued and taxed their federal Wherry Act leaseholds, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, nevertheless, sustained and enforced those taxes. 276 F. 2d 836. We granted the writ, limited to that question. 364 U. S. 814. Understanding of our decision will require a brief statement of the relevant facts of the case.

Acting pursuant to the provisions of §§801 to 809 of Title VIII of the National…