Woodruff v. Parham
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of Alabama. The case being thus: The Constitution thus ordains-: “ Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States.” “ No State shall levy any imposts or duties on imports or exports.”
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Error to the Supreme Court of Alabama. The case being thus: The Constitution thus ordains-: “ Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States.” “ No State shall levy any imposts or duties on imports or exports.” “ The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the immunities and privileges of citizens of the several Slates/’ With these declarations of the Constitution iii force, the city of Mobile, Alabama, in accordance with a provision in its charter, authorized the. collection of a tax for municipal purposes on real and personal.estate,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The case was heard in the courts of the State of Alabama upon an agreed statement of facts, and that statement fully raises the question whether merchandise brought- from other States' and sold, under the circumstances stated, comes within the prohibition of the Federal Constitution^ that no State shall, without the consent of Congress, levy any imposts or duties on imports or exports. And it is claimed that it also brings the case within the principles laid down by this court in Brown v. Maryland.†
That decision has been recognized for over forty years as governing the action Of this court in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
3Cited by222 opinions
- Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Coe v. ErrolSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Downes v. BidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Welton v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Henneford v. Silas Mason Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
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