Case Citator › Graves v. Texas Co.

Graves v. Texas Co.

Is it still good law? What later courts have actually done to this case.

Overruled in part
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
298 U.S. 393
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
9 of 9
Citing cases (total)
9
Treatment dates
1941
Overruled in part
A reviewed court has overruled part of this case’s holding. Graves v. Texas Co. was overruled in part by Alabama v. King & Boozer. The Supreme Court rejected Graves's view that a tax on a private supplier is unconstitutional merely because its cost is passed to the federal government.
More on how this was screened

Later courts still cite Graves on a separate point about access to equitable relief. The confirmed treatment is listed below. All nine flagged citations have been read.

Every treatment on this page is written from the citing opinion itself, with a verbatim quote, never copied from a commercial citator. A citation flagged by our screen but not shown here was read and found not to weaken this case.

9 later cases cite Graves v. Texas Co.; 9 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

Relying on Graves v. Texas Co.?

This page shows what later courts did to it. Ask about your specific facts and see whether it still carries your argument, with citations you can check.

Treatments

Overruled in part

  • The Supreme Court rejected Graves's rule that a tax on a supplier is invalid when the federal government bears the tax's economic cost.

    Alabama v. King & Boozer · Supreme Court of the United States · filed

    The asserted right of the one to be free of taxation by the other does not spell immunity from paying the added costs, attributable to the taxation of those who furnish supplies to the Government and who have been granted no tax immunity. So far as a different view has prevailed, see Panhandle Oil Co. v. Knox, supra; Graves v. Texas Co., supra, we think it no longer tenable.
    Read the full opinion on CourtListener →

Does this case still carry your argument?

Describe your facts. Ezel reads Graves v. Texas Co. and the cases that treated it, then tells you whether it still holds for your situation, with citations.

Opens in Ezel Pro.

  • Checks the law as it stands today, not only this page
  • Cites every source it relies on, so you can verify it
  • Chat, drafting and research in one workspace