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Supreme Court· 10/9/1984

Armco Inc. v. Hardesty

Citations

  • 467 U.S. 638
  • 104 S. Ct. 2620
  • 81 L. Ed. 2d 540
  • 1984 U.S. LEXIS 110

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that taxpayer does not have to prove \actual discriminatory impact\ to show that certain tax is form of discrimination against interstate commerce
  • noting that taxpayer does not have to prove Aactual discriminatory impact@ to show that certain tax is form of discrimination against interstate commerce
  • invalidating West Virginia’s wholesale gross receipts tax which exempted local manufacturers, even though local manufacturers paid a higher manufacturing tax
  • applying the case to invalidate a West Virginia gross receipts tax based on an unconstitutionally narrow exemption limited only to local manufacturers
  • commingling consideration of the internal consistency test and the discrimination prong of the Complete Auto test because “[a] tax that unfairly apportions income from other States is a form of discrimination against interstate commerce”
  • commingling consideration of the internal consistency test and the discrimination prong of the Complete Auto test because “[a] tax that unfairly apportions income from other States is a form of discrimination against interstate commerce”

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Judges: Powell, Rehnquist

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