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Mobil Oil Corp. v. Commissioner Of Taxes

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Advocates
Richard Johnston King (on behalf of the Appellee)
Jerome R. Hellerstein (on behalf of the Appellant)
William D. Dexter (as amicus curiae)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
78-1201
Appellee: 
Commissioner Of Taxes
Appellant: 
Mobil Oil Corp.
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
445 U.S. 425 (1980)
Argued: 
Wednesday, November 7, 1979
Decided: 
Wednesday, March 19, 1980
Issues: 
Economic Activity, State Tax

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The Oyez Project, Mobil Oil Corp. v. Commissioner Of Taxes , 445 U.S. 425 (1980)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_78_1201)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Commissioner Of Taxes, 1 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Due Process

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Did not participate
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Did not participate
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote a dissent
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun