Miller Bros. Co. v. Maryland

Miller Brothers Co. v. Maryland
Argued January 5, 1954
Decided April 5, 1954
Full case nameMiller Brothers Co. v. Maryland
Citations347 U.S. 340 (more)
74 S. Ct. 535; 98 L. Ed. 2d 744; 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2277
Case history
PriorMiller Brothers Co. v. State, 201 Md. 535, 95 A.2d 286 (1953); probable jurisdiction noted, Miller Bros. v. Maryland, 346 U.S. 809 (1953).
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton
Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinions
MajorityJackson, joined by Reed, Frankfurter, Burton, Minton
DissentDouglas, joined by Warren, Black, Clark

Miller Brothers Co. v. Maryland, 347 U.S. 340 (1954) was a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled 5-4 that a mail order reseller was not required to collect a use tax unless it had sufficient contact with the state.