Legal Opinion

Mobil Oil Corp. v. Tully

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided January 28, 1981No. 482, Docket 80-7785PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge:

On June 18, 1980, New York Governor Hugh Carey signed into law two bills, Senate Bills 10188 and 10261, which created a new Section 182 of the New York Tax Law and established a 2% tax on the “gross receipts” of oil companies doing business in New York. 1980 N.Y. Laws, ch. 271, 272 (N.Y.Act); N.Y.Tax Law § 182 (McKinney Supp.1980). The express purpose of the tax is to raise additional revenue to aid the State’s ailing public transportation system. N.Y. Act, ch. 272 § 1. Indeed, it has been estimated by the New York State Division of the Budget that the new tax would…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Swift & Co. v. WickhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. American Federation of Labor v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. First Agricultural National Bank of Berkshire County v. State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Mountain Fuel Supply Company, a Utah Corporation, and Cross-Appellant v. Reland Johnson, and Johnson Oil Company, Inc., and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
  5. Coastal States Marketing, Inc. v. New England Petroleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979

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3Cited by28 opinions

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