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WHEELING STEEL CORP. v. FOX

No. 663.

298 U.S. 193 (1936)

56 S.Ct. 773

80 L.Ed. 1143

WHEELING STEEL CORP. v. FOX, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. J.E. Bruce and Wright Hugus for appellant.

Mr. Homer A. Holt, Attorney General of West Virginia, with whom Messrs. Ira J. Partlow and W. Holt Wooddell, Assistant Attorneys General, were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal presents the question of the validity of an ad valorem property tax laid by West Virginia upon accounts receivable and bank deposits of appellant, Wheeling Steel Corporation, organized under the laws of Delaware.

The tax statutes1 were assailed upon the ground that, as applied, they violated the due process...

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