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HUMBLE PIPE LINE CO. v. WAGGONNER

No. 329.

376 U.S. 369 (1964)

84 S.Ct. 857

11 L.Ed.2d 782

HUMBLE PIPE LINE CO. v. WAGGONNER, SHERIFF.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 23, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon O'Quin argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner in No. 329.

Clarence L. Yancey argued the cause for petitioners in No. 354. With him on the brief was Clyde R. Brown.

Ferdinand A. Cashio, Assistant Attorney General of Louisiana, argued the cause for respondent in both cases. With him on the briefs were Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General of Louisiana, and Carroll Buck, First Assistant Attorney General.

Solicitor General Cox and Roger P. Marquis filed a brief for the United States in both cases, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The common question these cases present is whether the United States has such exclusive jurisdiction over a 22,000-acre tract of land in Louisiana on which the Barksdale Air Force Base is located that Louisiana is without jurisdiction to levy an ad valorem tax on privately owned property situated on the tract. The District Court and Court of Appeal of Louisiana upheld such a tax laid on certain oil drilling equipment...

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