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EXXON CORP. v. EAGERTON

No. 81-1020.

462 U.S. 176 (1983)

103 S.Ct. 2296

76 L.Ed.2d 497

EXXON CORP. ET AL. v. EAGERTON, COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE OF ALABAMA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 8, 1983

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rae M. Crowe argued the cause for appellants in No. 81-1268. With him on the briefs was Euel A. Screws, Jr. C. B. Arendall, Jr., argued the cause for appellants in No. 81-1020. With him on the briefs was Louis E. Braswell.

John J. Breckenridge, Jr., argued the cause for appellees in both cases. With him on the briefs were Charles A. Graddick and Herbert I. Burson, Jr.†

JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases concern an Alabama statute which increased the severance tax on oil and gas extracted from Alabama wells, exempted royalty owners from the tax increase, and prohibited producers from passing on the increase to their purchasers. Appellants challenge the pass-through prohibition and the royalty-owner exemption under the Supremacy Clause, the Contract Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause.

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