| Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued January 14, 1938 Decided January 31, 1938 |
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| 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 |
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| Case opinions | ||||||
| Majority | Stone | |||||
| Dissent | Black | |||||
| Cardozo took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | ||||||
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.
Justice Stone delivered the opinion of the Court. Justice Hugo Black dissented.