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CAPITOL GREYHOUND LINES v. BRICE

No. 118.

339 U.S. 542 (1950)

70 S.Ct. 806

94 L.Ed. 1053

CAPITOL GREYHOUND LINES ET AL. v. BRICE, COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 15, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence W. Miles argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief was Benjamin C. Howard.

Hall Hammond, Attorney General of Maryland, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Ward B. Coe, Jr., Assistant Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The basic question presented is whether one of two Maryland taxes imposed on all common carriers transporting passengers over Maryland roads can be exacted from interstate carriers consistently with the commerce clause of the Federal Constitution. A subsidiary contention impliedly raised by carrier appellants here is that the tax is invalid as applied to them. The Supreme Court of Maryland upheld the tax, ___ Md...

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