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Legal Citation: 297 U.S. 233 (1936)

Appellant
Alice Lee Grosjean, Supervisor of Public Accounts for the State of Louisiana

Appellee
American Press Co.

Appellant's Claim
That a state law imposing an advertising sales tax on large-circulation newspapers violates the principle of freedom of the press.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Charles J. Rivet and Gaston L. Porterie

Chief Lawyers for Appellee
Esmond Phelps and Elisha Hanson

Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Charles Evans Hughes, James Clark McReynolds, Owen Josephus Roberts, Harlan Fiske Stone, George Sutherland (writing for the Court), Willis Van Devanter

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
10 February 1936

Decision
The Supreme...