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SOCIETY FOR SAVINGS v. BOWERS.

No. 204.

349 U.S. 143 (1955)

75 S.Ct. 607

99 L.Ed. 950

SOCIETY FOR SAVINGS IN THE CITY OF CLEVELAND v. BOWERS, TAX COMMISSIONER OF OHIO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Maskey argued the cause for appellant in No. 204. With him on the brief were David A. Gaskill and Edgar P. Stocker.

Robert G. Day argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant in No. 220.

Joseph S. Gill, First Assistant Attorney General of Ohio, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was C. William O'Neill, Attorney General.

Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Holland, Ellis N. Slack and Hilbert P. Zarky filed briefs for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1829 this Court decided in Weston v. City Council of Charleston, 2 Pet. 449, that obligations of the Federal Government are immune from state taxation. This rule, aimed at protecting the borrowing power of the United States from state encroachment, was derived from the "Borrowing" and "Supremacy" Clauses of the Constitution,1 and the constitutional doctrines announced...

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