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AMERICAN TRUCKING ASS'NS v. GOLDSTEIN

No. 162, September Term, 1987.

312 Md. 583 (1988)

541 A.2d 955

AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC. ET AL. v. LOUIS L. GOLDSTEIN, ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 31, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew L. Frey, argued (Kenneth S. Geller, Mark I. Levy, Douglas K. Mayer and Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, D.C., C. Christopher Brown and Brown & Goldstein, Baltimore, Daniel R. Barney and Robert Digges, Jr., Alexandria, Va., William S. Busker, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellants.

Ralph S. Tyler, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Andrew H. Baida, Gerald Langbaum, John K. Anderson, Ben C. Clyburn, Asst. Attys. Gen., Baltimore, on brief), H. Christopher Malone, Sr. Asst. County Atty., argued (Clyde H. Sorrell, County Atty., David J. Frankel, Asst. County Atty., Rockville, on brief), for appellees.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

We must decide whether, under the circumstances of this case, the circuit court erred in refusing to enjoin the enforcement of a Maryland tax statute that, according to both the circuit court and the State, violates the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, Art. I, § 8, cl. 3.

I.

The pertinent facts are as follows. Under Maryland's Road Tax on Motor Carriers Act, Code (1957, 1980 Repl. Vol., 1987 Cum.Supp.), Art...

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