Arizona Public Service Co. v. Snead
Arizona Public Service Co. v. Snead, 441 U.S. 141 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a New Mexico tax on the generation of electricity was invalid under the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution. Snead was the director of the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department.
| Arizona Public Service Co. v. Snead | |
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Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued February 26, 1979 Decided April 18, 1979 | |
| Full case name | Arizona Public Service Co., et al. v. Snead, Director of Revenue Division, Taxation and Revenue Department of New Mexico, et al. |
| Docket no. | 77-1810 |
| Citations | 441 U.S. 141 (more) 99 S. Ct. 1629; 60 L. Ed. 2d 106; 1979 U.S. LEXIS 32 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Arizona Public Service Co. v. O'Chesky, 91 N.M. 485, 576 P.2d 291 (1978) |
| Holding | |
| New Mexico's energy tax on the generation of electricity is invalid under the Supremacy Clause. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Stewart, joined by Burger, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens |
| Concurrence | Rehnquist, joined by White |
| Laws applied | |
| 15 U.S.C. § 391 | |
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