Legal Opinion
Gregg Dyeing Co. v. Query
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 31, 1932No. Nos. 170, 245PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
By these actions, within the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, appellants sought to restrain the enforcement of the state statute known as the “ Gasoline Tax Act of 1930.” Acts So. Car., 1930, p. 1390. The statute was assailed upon state and federal grounds, the latter being that the act violated1 the commerce clause (Art. I, | 8, par. 3), and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, of the Federal Constitution. The state court overruled these contentions and dismissed the complaints. The cases are brought here by appeal.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
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- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by157 opinions
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- Miller Brothers Co. v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Nashville, C. & St. LR Co. v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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