Legal Opinion
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Seattle
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 5, 1934No. 364PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
This is an appeal under § 237 of the Judicial Code from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of Washington, 172 Wash. 649 ; 21 P. (2d) 721, sustaining a state-license or excise tax assailed by appellant upon numerous state and federal grounds. The only one urged here is that the statutory measure of the tax as applied to appellant is so vague and indefinite as to infringe the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
An ordinance of the Seattle city council, of May 23,1932, imposes annual license taxes on the privilege of carrying on various classes of business. One such is the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Dreyer v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Keller v. Potomac Electric Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Red River Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Margola Associates v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1993
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