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Williams v. Riley, 280 U.S. 78 (1929)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Williams v. Riley, 280 U.S. 78 (1929)
Williams v. Riley No. 12 Argued April 18, 1929 Decided November 25, 1929 280 U.S. 78
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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Statutes of California directed that all distributors of motor vehicle fuel should be licensed and pay taxes amounting to three cents per gallon sold, less an allowance of 1%, and provided for reimbursing purchasers of fuel not used for operating vehicles upon public highways. Plaintiffs, who, like thousands of other citizens and taxpayers of the state, must obtain fuel for operating their motor vehicles along the highways from the licensed distributors at prices enhanced by the 3-cent tax, sued the state officer charged with the duty of collecting the tax to enjoin him from so doing, alleging that the tax was in conflict with the Fourteenth Amendment, the federal Highway Act, and the constitution of the state. Held that the plaintiffs had no status to maintain such a suit. Frothingham v. Mellon, 262 U.S. 447. P. 79.
Affirmed.
APPEAL from a decree of the district court (three judges) dismissing the bill in a suit to enjoin the state Controller of California from enforcing statutes imposing a gasoline tax.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Williams v. Riley, 280 U.S. 78 (1929) in 280 U.S. 78 Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2WBWPRMNTPQRCMD.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Williams v. Riley, 280 U.S. 78 (1929), in 280 U.S. 78, Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2WBWPRMNTPQRCMD.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Williams v. Riley, 280 U.S. 78 (1929). cited in 1929, 280 U.S. 78. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2WBWPRMNTPQRCMD.
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