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ASKREN v. CONTINENTAL OIL CO.

Nos. 521-523.

252 U.S. 444 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 355

64 L.Ed. 654

ASKREN, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, ET AL. v. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY. SAME v. SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY. SAME v. THE TEXAS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.B. Renehan, with whom Mr. O.O. Askren, Attorney General of the State of New Mexico, and Mr. Harry S. Bowman, Assistant Attorney General of the State of New Mexico, were on the brief, for appellant's.

Mr. Charles R. Brock and Mr. E.R. Wright, with whom Mr. Milton Smith, Mr. W.H. Ferguson, Mr. S.B. Davis, Jr., and Mr. Elmer L. Brock were on the briefs, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

These suits were brought by the three companies, appellees, in the District Court of the United States for the District of New Mexico, to enjoin the enforcement of an act of the legislature of the State entitled: "An Act providing for an excise tax upon the sale or use of gasoline and for a license tax to be paid by distributors and retail dealers therein; providing for...

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