· 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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