Legal Opinion
Kennecott Copper Corp. v. State Tax Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 25, 1946No. Nos. 424, 425PublishedCited by 228 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
Whether Utah has submitted itself to suit in the United States District Court for the District of Utah for the recovery of taxes alleged to be wrongfully exacted by that State is the ultimate issue brought here by these writs of certiorari. Preliminarily, we must decide if the present proceeding is a suit against Utah.
Petitioners, corporations and citizens of New York and Nevada respectively, carry on mining businesses in Utah. That State imposes on those there engaged in the mining business an occupation tax equal to one per cent of the gross amount received for or the gross value of…
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