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· 3/29/1937

Sonzinsky v. United States

Citations

  • 300 U.S. 506
  • 57 S. Ct. 554
  • 81 L. Ed. 772
  • 1937 U.S. LEXIS 80
  • 1 C.B. 351
  • 18 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 1171

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the National Firearms Act was a valid exercise of Congress’ taxing power
  • appropriating $70 million out of the Health Care Enhancement Fund created by SB 845 to the Oklahoma Healthcare Authority
  • involving whether a levy on the sale of firearms described as a tax and passed by Congress’s taxing power was in fact a tax
  • appropriating $70 million out of the Health Care Enhancement Fund created by SB 845 to the Oklahoma Healthcare Authority
  • upholding license tax on firearms and distinguishing cases where subject of the tax is criminal
  • rejecting challenge under Lopez and Morrison to 18 U.S.C. § 931, which criminalizes possession of body armor

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Judges: Stone

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