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Supreme Court· 6/4/1985

Williams v. Vermont

Citations

  • 472 U.S. 14
  • 105 S. Ct. 2465
  • 86 L. Ed. 2d 11
  • 1985 U.S. LEXIS 90
  • 53 U.S.L.W. 4659

How courts have described this case

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

  • invalidating Vermont automobile use tax credit for out-of-state sales only to persons who were Vermont residents at the time of paying the taxes
  • invalidating automobile registration tax scheme which exempted cars purchased and on which sales tax was paid in Vermont
  • invalidating Vermont automobile use tax credit for out-of-state sales only to persons who were Vermont residents at the time of paying the taxes
  • striking down a credit for out-of-state sales tax on automobiles made available to in-state residents only
  • striking down a tax because there was “no legitimate purpose ... furthered by [the state’s] discriminatory exemption” for state residents
  • considering, although rejecting, post hoc justifications that were not the stated purpose of the statute

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Judges: White, Burger, Brennan, Marshall, Stevens, Blackmun, Rehnquist, O'Connor, Powell

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127 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named Williams v. Vermont

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