Finance:McGoldrick v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.

Short description: United States Supreme Court case

McGoldrick v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 2, 1940 Decided January 29, 1940
Full case name	McGoldrick v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Company
Citations	309 U.S. 33 (more) 60 S. Ct. 388; 84 L. Ed. 565
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices James C. McReynolds · Harlan F. Stone Owen Roberts · Hugo Black Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
Case opinions
Majority	Stone, joined by Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Murphy
Dissent	Hughes, joined by McReynolds, Roberts

McGoldrick v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co., 309 U.S. 33 (1940), is United States Supreme Court case upholding the legality under the Constitution's Commerce Clause of a tax by the City of New York upon the purchase of coal by public utility and steamship companies based in New York from Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, a Pennsylvania coal company through its New York office.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 309

External links

• Text of McGoldrick v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co., 309 U.S. 33 (1940) is available from:  Justia  Library of Congress