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Federal Communications Commission

1936

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Uniform Corporation Laws Through Interstate Compacts And Federal Legislation, Robert S. Stevens Jun 1936

Uniform Corporation Laws Through Interstate Compacts And Federal Legislation, Robert S. Stevens

Michigan Law Review

It is the purpose of the present article to suggest that another means of accomplishing the end exists in the possibility of an interstate compact for uniform corporate legislation, coupled with supplementary federal legislation appropriate to make the interstate compact effective.


Constitutional Law - Interstate Commerce - State Occupation Tax On Operation Of Radio Broadcasting Station Jun 1936

Constitutional Law - Interstate Commerce - State Occupation Tax On Operation Of Radio Broadcasting Station

Michigan Law Review

A domestic corporation, owning and operating two radio stations, both broadcasting well beyond the state's borders, sought to enjoin the enforcement of an annual occupation tax equal to one per cent of gross income from business within the state. It was admitted that while a state might impose a property tax on a business engaged only in interstate commerce or a tax solely to support regulation in the exercise of the state's police power, an unapportioned gross income tax on a business engaged in intrastate and interstate commerce would be an unconstitutional burden on interstate commerce, although a net income …