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Crew Levick Co. v. Pennsylvania, 245 U.S. 292 (1917)
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Crew Levick Co. v. Pennsylvania, 245 U.S. 292 (1917)
Crew Levick Company v. Pennsylvania No. 499 Argued October 17, 1917 Decided December 10, 1917 245 U.S. 292
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
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This Court determines the constitutionality of a state tax upon its own judgment of the actual operation and effect of the tax, irrespective of its form and of how it is characterized by the state courts.
A state tax on the business of selling goods in foreign commerce, measured by a percentage of the entire business transacted, is both a regulation of foreign commerce and an impost or duty on exports, and is therefore void. Ficklen v. Shelby Couny Taxing District, 145 U.S. 1, distinguished.
256 Pa.St. 508 reversed.
The case is stated in the opinion.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Crew Levick Co. v. Pennsylvania, 245 U.S. 292 (1917) in 245 U.S. 292 Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XV9BVGWKP8V3GWE.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Crew Levick Co. v. Pennsylvania, 245 U.S. 292 (1917), in 245 U.S. 292, Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XV9BVGWKP8V3GWE.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Crew Levick Co. v. Pennsylvania, 245 U.S. 292 (1917). cited in 1917, 245 U.S. 292. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XV9BVGWKP8V3GWE.
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