Legal Opinion
Maryland v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 26, 1981No. 83 ORIGPublishedCited by 1,168 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
In this original action, several States, joined by the United States and a number of pipeline companies, challenge the constitutionality of Louisiana’s “First-Use Tax” imposed on certain uses of natural gas brought into Louisiana, principally from the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), as violative of the Supremacy Clause and the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.
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The lands beneath the Gulf of Mexico have large reserves of oil and natural gas. Initially, these reserves could not be developed due to technological difficulties associated with offshore drilling. In 1938, the first…
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