Moses Lake Homes, Inc. v. Grant County

Decided October 10, 1960

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1960-10-10

Cited together with Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn · Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.

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Decided 1960-10-10

How this case has been cited

Cited by 1,069 later decisions (12 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2017 · most notably United States v. Edwards (1974), Jarecki v. G. D. Searle & Co. (1961)

595 federal appellate · 34 district · 127 state decisions — followed in 31 states

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¶1Petition for writ of certiorari to the United

¶2States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted limited to Question No. 3 presented by the petition which reads as follows:

¶3“3. May a state tax which discriminates against persons holding leaseholds from the United States be enforced in a United States court against a deposit of estimated compensation in a condemnation of such leasehold?”

¶4The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case setting forth the views of the United States.