Minnesota v. Blasius

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that storage of inventory awaiting orders served owner’s business purpose
• holding that storage of inventory awaiting orders served owner’s business purpose
• explaining that the purpose of the stoppage was central to determining whether property remained in transit
• emphasizing that because commerce might be “subject to the regulating power of the Congress,” does not mean the state cannot lay a nondiscriminatory tax
• “If the interstate movement has not begun, the mere fact that such a movement is contemplated does not withdraw the property from the state’s power to tax it.”
• “[I]f a treaty fairly admits of two constructions, one restricting the rights 9 which may be claimed under it, and the other enlarging it, the more liberal construction is to be 10 preferred.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).