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GORMAN v. WASHINGTON UNIV.

No. 711.

316 U.S. 98 (1942)

62 S.Ct. 962

86 L.Ed. 1300

GORMAN, CITY TREASURER OF KANSAS CITY, ET AL. v. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William E. Kemp, with whom Mr. Elmo B. Hunter was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. George Wharton Pepper, with whom Messrs. Robert B. Caldwell, Richard S. Bull, and James A. Montgomery, Jr. were on the brief, for respondent.

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

Respondent brought this suit in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, to restrain the assessment and collection of a tax upon its real estate. The validity of the provisions of the state constitution and statutes under which the tax was laid was assailed on the ground that they violate the tax-exemption provision of respondent's charter and therefore conflict...

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