Grosjean v. American Press Co. (1936)

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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/grosjean-v-american-press-co/

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• United States: Louisiana taxes large newspapers' advertising revenue; the tax is struck down in Grosjean v. American Press Co.
• Claim 897: Writing for a unanimous Supreme Court, Justice George Sutherland classified the Louisiana tax as a license tax and struck it down.
• Claim 898: The tax was adopted in 1934 under the influence of United States Senator Huey Long, who had controlled the Louisiana legislature since his election to the Senate in 1932.

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