Legal Opinion
Air-Way Electric Appliance Corp. v. Day
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 20, 1924No. 31 and 32PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
Plaintiff, Air-Way Electric Appliance Corporation, brought this suit against the above named treasurer and other state officers to restrain the collection of a franchise fee charged against it as a foreign corporation for the privilege of exercising its franchises in Ohio during the year commencing July 1, 1921, on the grounds, among others, that the legislation of Ohio, under which the fee was imposed, is invalid under the commerce clause of the Constitution, and is repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment.
Plaintiff was incorporated in 1920 under the laws of Delaware. Under its certificate of…
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