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Commonwealth Edison Co. Vs. Montana

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jul 02, 1981

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  3. Complete Auto Transit, Inc. Vs. Brady US Supreme Court · Mar 07, 1977
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  11. U.S. 609 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana
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  12. U.S. 609 (1981) Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana
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  13. is imposed on goods prior to their entry into the stream of interstate commerce. Any contrary statements in Heisler v. Thomas
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  14. its progeny are disapproved. The Montana tax must be evaluated under the test set forth in Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady
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  15. and if, as was held in Mid-Northern Oil Co. v. Walker
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  16. Page 453 U. S. 614 commerce. In this regard, the Montana court relied on this Court's decisions in Heisler v. Thomas
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  17. Colliery Co., 260 U. S. 245 (1922), Oliver Iron Mining Co. v. Lord
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  18. U. S. 172 (1923), and Hope Natural Gas Co. v. Hall
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  19. law, that the tax survives scrutiny under the four-part test articulated by this Court in Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady
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  20. States from imposing any direct taxes on interstate commerce. Page 453 U. S. 615 See, e.g., Helson Randolph v. Kentucky
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  21. or intrastate activity. See Hunt v. Washington
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  22. Pike v. Bruce
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  23. notion that state taxes levied on interstate commerce are per se invalid. See, e.g., Washington Revenue Dept. v. Association
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  24. Mobil Oil Corp. v. Commissioner
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  25. of Taxes, 445 U. S. 425 , 445 U. S. 443 (1980). See Moorman Mfg. Co. v. Bair
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  26. Washington Revenue Dept. v. Association
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  27. Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. Calvert
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  28. Joseph v. Carter
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  29. Puget Sound Stevedoring Co. v. State
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  30. Tax Comm'n, 302 U. S. 90 (1937), both overruled in Washington Revenue Dept. v. Association
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  31. affect interstate commerce, and this effect is the proper focus of Commerce Clause inquiry. See Mobil Oil Corp. v. Commissioner
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  32. Western Live Stock v. Bureau
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  33. U. S. 250 , 303 U. S. 254 (1938), quoting Postal Telegraph, Cable Page 453 U. S. 617 Co. v. Richmond
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  34. cases. See, e.g., Maryland v. Louisiana
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  35. Boston Stock Exchange v. State
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  36. Philadelphia v. New
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  37. E. Dilworth Co., 322 U. S. 327 , 322 U. S. 330 (1944). See Hunt v. Washington
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  38. Under such a regime, the borders between the States are essentially irrelevant. As the Court stated in West v. Kansas
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  39. See Boston Stock Exchange v. State
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  40. right to control in this fashion the terms of resource development and depletion in a sister State. Cf. Philadelphia v. New
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  41. Airport Authority Dist. v. Delta
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  42. Clark v. Paul
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  43. Pittsburgh v. Alco
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  44. Magnano Co. v. Hamilton
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  45. Alaska Fish Salting & By-Products Co. v. Smith
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  46. Carmichael v. Southern
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  47. U. S. 495 , 301 U. S. 521 -523 (1937) (citations and footnote omitted). See St. Louis & S.W. R. Co. v. Nattin
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  48. Ott v. Mississippi
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  49. U. S. 100 , 421 U. S. 108 (1975), quoting Western live Stock v. Bureau
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  50. Exxon Corp. v. Wisconsin
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