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NORTHWEST AIRLINES v. MINNESOTA

No. 33.

322 U.S. 292 (1944)

64 S.Ct. 950

88 L.Ed. 1283

NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC. v. MINNESOTA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 15, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Michael J. Doherty, with whom Mr. W.E. Rumble was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Andrew R. Bratter and Mr. George B. Sjoselius, Assistant Attorney General of Minnesota, with whom Messrs. J.A.A. Burnquist, Attorney General, and James F. Lynch were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER announced the conclusion and judgment of the Court.

The question before us is whether the Commerce Clause or the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment bars the State of Minnesota from enforcing the personal property tax it has laid on the entire fleet of airplanes owned by the petitioner and operated by it in interstate transportation. The answer involves the application of settled legal principles...

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