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· 5/14/1928

Sprout v. South Bend

Citations

  • 277 U.S. 163
  • 48 S. Ct. 502
  • 72 L. Ed. 833
  • 1928 U.S. LEXIS 682
  • 62 A.L.R. 45

How courts have described this case

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

  • striking down a “flat tax, substantial in amount and the same for busses plying the streets continuously in local service and for busses making, as do many interstate busses, only a single trip daily”
  • “The privilege of engaging in [interstate] commerce is one which a state cannot deny”

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Judges: Brandeis

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