In Re: Daniel J. Moos v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• invalidating tax that was “placed unequivocally upon the corporation’s franchise for the privilege of carrying on exclusively interstate transportation in the state”
• striking down a nondiscriminatory “privilege of doing business” franchise tax as imposed by Connecticut against a foreign corporation only engaged in interstate commerce on the basis that Congress has the exclusive power to tax the privilege of engaging in interstate commerce
• striking down a nondiscriminatory “privilege of doing business” franchise tax as imposed by Connecticut against a foreign corporation only engaged in interstate commerce on the basis that Congress has the exclusive power to tax the privilege of engaging in interstate commerce
• six years between time Supreme Court ordered abstention and the Court's ultimate decision on the merits.
• six years between time Supreme Court ordered abstention and the Court’s ultimate decision on the merits.
• use of motor trucks for local activity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).