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Legal Citation: 288 U.S. 249 (1933)

Appellants
Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway

Appellee
Roy Wallace, comptroller of the Treasury of the State of Tennessee

Appellants' Claim
That a Tennessee tax on gasoline stored in the state, but used for interstate commerce, was unconstitutional.

Chief Lawyersfor Appellants
Will R. King, Martin L. Pipes

Chief Lawyers for Appellee
W. F Berry Jr., Edwin F. Hunt

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

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
6 February 1933

Decision
Plaintiff's claim denied.