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· 6/8/1987

Rockford Life Insurance v. Illinois Department of Revenue

Citations

  • 482 U.S. 182
  • 107 S. Ct. 2312
  • 96 L. Ed. 2d 152
  • 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2471
  • 55 U.S.L.W. 4747

How courts have described this case

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

  • “A court must proceed carefully when asked to recognize an exemption from state taxation that Congress has not clearly established.”
  • the Court, four years after deciding American Bank and Trust, cited to Hibernia when discussing the purpose behind the governmental tax immunity doctrine

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Judges: Stevens

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