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Claim 897

Writing for a unanimous Supreme Court, Justice George Sutherland classified the Louisiana tax as a license tax and struck it down.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: Writing for a unanimous Supreme Court, Justice George Sutherland classified the Louisiana tax as a license tax and struck it down.
Field: reversed_on
Value: Unanimous Court struck down the tax as a license tax
About: incident 1934-us-louisiana-newspaper-tax-grosjean
Source: Grosjean v. American Press Co. (1936)
Publisher: Grosjean v. American Press Co. (1936)
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current

Quotation from the source

Writing for a unanimous Court, Justice George Sutherland classified the tax as a “license tax.”