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FISHER'S BLEND STATION v. TAX COM'N.

No. 628.

297 U.S. 650 (1936)

56 S.Ct. 608

80 L.Ed. 956

FISHER'S BLEND STATION, INC. v. STATE TAX COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 30, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Godfrey Goldmark and Donald G. Graham, with whom Messrs. R.J. Venables and James B. Howe were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. E.P. Donnelly, Assistant Attorney General of Washington, with whom Mr. G.W. Hamilton, Attorney General, was on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of Washington, Judicial Code, § 237, presents the question whether a state occupation tax, measured by the gross receipts from radio broadcasting from stations within the state, is an unconstitutional burden on interstate commerce.

Appellant brought suit to enjoin appellees, the State Tax Commission, from collecting the tax, laid by §...

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