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Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. v. Johnson

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Majority
  
Stone

End date
  
1938

Dissent
  
Black

Full case name
  
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Charles G. Johnson, Treasurer of State of California

Citations
  
303 U.S. 77 (more) 58 S.Ct. 436, 82 L.Ed. 673

Ruling court
  
Supreme Court of the United States

Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson, 303 U.S. 77 (1938) is a case in which the United States Supreme Court dealt with corporate entities. The case involved whether the state of California could levy a tax, on a company licensed to do business in that state, for transactions that occurred in a different state.

Judgment

Justice Stone delivered the opinion of the Court. Justice Hugo Black dissented.

References

Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. v. Johnson Wikipedia