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ATLANTIC COAST LINE v. PHILLIPS

No. 385.

332 U.S. 168 (1947)

67 S.Ct. 1584

91 L.Ed. 1977

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. v. PHILLIPS, STATE REVENUE COMMISSIONER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 23, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl H. Davis and T.M. Cunningham argued the cause for appellant. With them on the brief was Philip H. Alston.

Victor Davidson and Claud Shaw, Assistant Attorneys General of Georgia, argued the cause for appellee. With them on the brief were Eugene Cook, Attorney General, and C.E. Gregory, Jr., Assistant Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a proceeding in the courts of Georgia to declare invalid an assessment by the State Revenue Commissioner against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company on the ground that the tax as applied to the appellant impairs the obligation of contracts. United States Constitution, Art. I, Sec. 10.

To encourage railroad development, the State of Georgia in...

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