Supreme Court· 1/14/1976

Michelin Tire Corp. v. Wages

Citations

423 U.S. 276
96 S. Ct. 535
46 L. Ed. 2d 495
1976 U.S. LEXIS 120

How courts have described this case

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

stating that nondiscriminatory ad valorem taxation “deprives the Federal Government of nothing to which it is entitled”
noting that “[w]hat we do in this case is to merely ‘draw a line,’ and it is, admittedly, a difficult line to draw”
noting that “nondiscriminatory ad valorem” and other types of taxes share “the characteristic that they cannot be selectively imposed and increased so as substantially to impair or prohibit importation”
noting that “nondiscriminatory ad valorem” and other types of taxes share “the characteristic that they cannot be selectively imposed and increased so as substantially to impair or prohibit importation”
overruling Low v. Austin, 13 Wall. 29 (1872), because it ignored the language and objectives of the Import-Export Clause and misread earlier Court precedent
describing reasons behind and analysis of Import-Export Clause to determine whether a tax constitutes an impermissible impost or duty

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Judges: Brennan, Btjrger, Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, White, Stevens

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