 | United States. Supreme Court - 1931 - 1000 pages
...non-discriminatory laws, and where no direct burden is laid upon the governmental instrumentality, and there is only a remote, if any, influence upon the exercise of the functions of government. This distinction has had abundant illustration. Thus, while the salary of an officer of... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1932 - 720 pages
...56), but it does not exist " where no direct burden is laid upon the governmental instrumentality, and there is only a remote, if any, influence upon the exercise of the functions of government." Willcuts v. Bunn, 282 US 216, 225. In this instance, the mere fact that a copyright is... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - 1932 - 1476 pages
...nondiscriminatory laws, and where no direct burden is laid upon the governmental instrumentality and there is only a remote, if any, influence upon the exercise of the functions of government. Again, it must be remembered that we are dealing not with any express con stitutional restriction,... | |
 | United States. Board of Tax Appeals - 1936 - 1468 pages
...56) but it does not exist " where no direct burden is laid upon the governmental instrumentality, and there is only a remote, If any, Influence upon the exercise of the functions of government." Willouts v. Bunn, 282 US 216, 225. The petitioner, as an employee of the Department of... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Employment Security - 1941 - 1488 pages
...power" hut it does not exist "where no direct burden is laid upon the governmental instrumentality, and there is only a remote, if any, influence upon the exercise of the functions of government." Educational Films Corp. of America v. Ward (75 L. Ed. 400) : Rule that governmental instrumentalities... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1938 - 916 pages
...non-discriminatory laws, and where no direct burden is laid upon the governmental instrumentality, and there is only a remote, if any, influence upon the exercise of the functions of government." Many illustrations were given. In Telegraph Company v. Texas, supra, a specific state... | |
 | United States. Department of Justice - 1941 - 664 pages
...nondiscriminatory laws, and where no direct burden is laid upon the governmental instrumentality, and there is only a remote, if any, influence upon the exercise of the functions of government." In a study made by the Department of Justice, "Taxation of Government Bondholders and... | |
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Where the immunity exists, it is absolute, resting upon an "entire absence of power" (Johnson v. Maryland, 254 US 51, 55, 56, 41 S. Ct. 16, 65 L. Ed. 126), but it does not exist "where no direct burden is laid upon the governmental instrumentality, and... 
