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Legal Citation: 326 U.S. 310 (1945)

Appellant
International Shoe Company

Appellee
State of Washington

Appellant's Claim
As a Delaware-based corporation whose factory was located in Missouri, International Shoe was not liable to pay into the state unemployment compensation fund in the state of Washington.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Henry C. Lowenhaupt

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
George W. Wilkins, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Washington

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, Frank Murphy, Stanley Forman Reed, Owen Josephus Roberts, Wiley Blount Rutledge, Harlan Fiske Stone (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
None (Robert H. Jackson did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
3 December...