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OKLAHOMA EX REL. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. BARNSDALL REFINERIES, INC.

No. 116.

296 U.S. 521 (1936)

56 S.Ct. 340

80 L.Ed. 366

OKLAHOMA EX REL. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION ET AL. v. BARNSDALL REFINERIES, INC. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 6, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. C.D. Cund and Earl Foster, with whom Messrs. C.W. King, H.L. McCracken, E.L. Richardson, and Edwin Dabney were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. L.G. Owen, with whom Messrs. Edward H. Chandler, James B. Diggs, R.W. Garrett, and Wm. H. Zwick were on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the single question whether an Oklahoma tax of 1/8 of a cent per barrel on oil produced in the state, c. 132, Oklahoma Session Laws, 1933, when applied to oil produced by lessees of lands of the Osage Tribe of Indians in Osage County, Oklahoma, is within the congressional enactment consenting to a state tax upon the production of such oil. The challenged...

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