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Supreme Court· 2/20/1928

Interstate Busses Corp. v. Blodgett

Citations

  • 276 U.S. 245
  • 48 S. Ct. 230
  • 72 L. Ed. 551
  • 1928 U.S. LEXIS 76

How courts have described this case

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

  • addressing a Commerce Clause challenge to a Connecticut statute imposing a one-cent-per-mile \excise tax\ on vehicles traveling interstate
  • the state “may not enact a statute which requires an interstate carrier of passengers by motor bus to secure a certificate ... to establish the public convenience and necessity requiring the operations of busses”
  • upholding mileage-based tax and noting existence of fuel tax
  • upholding mileage-based tax and noting existence of fuel tax

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Judges: Stone

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