Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. v. Johnson

Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 14, 1938 Decided January 31, 1938
Full case name	Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Charles G. Johnson, Treasurer of State of California
Citations	303 U.S. 77 (more) 58 S.Ct. 436, 82 L.Ed. 673
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis Pierce Butler · Harlan F. Stone Owen J. Roberts · Benjamin N. Cardozo Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Case opinions
Majority	Stone
Dissent	Black
Cardozo took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson, 303 U.S. 77 (1938) is a case in which the United States Supreme Court dealt with corporate entities. The case involved whether the state of California could levy a tax, on a company licensed to do business in that state, for transactions that occurred in a different state.

Judgment

Justice Stone delivered the opinion of the Court. Justice Hugo Black dissented.

See also

• Corporate personhood
• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 303
• Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad

External links

• Text of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson , 303 U.S. 77 (1938) is available from:  Findlaw  Justia