moorman
mfg
bair
argued
march
decided
june
iowa
statute
prescribes
sales
formula
apportioning
interstate
corporation
income
state
income
tax
purposes
formula
part
income
corporation
sale
tangible
personal
property
attributable
business
within
state
hence
subject
state
income
tax
deemed
proportion
corporation
gross
sales
made
within
state
bear
total
gross
sales
appellant
illinois
corporation
sells
animal
feed
manufactures
illinois
iowa
customers
iowa
salesmen
warehouses
brought
action
iowa
challenging
constitutionality
formula
trial
held
formula
invalid
due
process
clause
fourteenth
amendment
commerce
clause
iowa
reversed
held
iowa
formula
invalid
due
process
clause
pp
assumption
least
portion
appellant
income
iowa
sales
generated
illinois
activities
speculative
support
claim
iowa
fact
taxed
profits
attributable
activities
within
state
apportionment
formula
formula
necessarily
employed
rough
approximation
corporation
income
reasonably
related
activities
conducted
within
taxing
state
disturbed
taxpayer
proved
clear
cogent
evidence
income
attributed
state
fact
reasonable
proportion
business
transacted
state
hans
rees
sons
north
carolina
ex
rel
maxwell
led
grossly
distorted
result
norfolk
western
state
tax
iowa
statute
afforded
appellant
opportunity
demonstrate
formula
produced
arbitrary
result
case
record
contains
showing
pp
iowa
formula
invalid
commerce
clause
pp
record
existence
duplicative
taxation
iowa
illinois
uses
property
payroll
sales
formula
speculative
even
assuming
overlap
appellant
argument
iowa
rather
illinois
necessarily
fault
constitutional
sense
accepted
record
reveal
sources
appellant
profits
commerce
clause
claim
rest
premise
profits
earned
illinois
included
iowa
taxable
income
therefore
iowa
formula
fault
whatever
overlap
may
existed
pp
commerce
clause
without
implementing
legislation
congress
require
appellant
urges
iowa
compute
corporate
net
income
illinois
formula
constitution
read
mandate
prohibition
overlap
computation
taxable
income
consequences
extend
far
beyond
particular
case
require
extensive
judicial
lawmaking
pp
stevens
delivered
opinion
burger
stewart
white
marshall
rehnquist
joined
brennan
post
blackmun
post
filed
dissenting
opinions
powell
filed
dissenting
opinion
blackmun
joined
post
donald
barnes
argued
cause
appellant
briefs
walter
brown
john
donnelly
carl
schmiedeskamp
robert
cook
harry
griger
assistant
attorney
general
iowa
argued
cause
appellee
brief
richard
turner
attorney
general
ernest
christian
allan
abbot
tuttle
filed
brief
committee
state
taxation
council
state
chambers
commerce
amicus
curiae
urging
reversal
james
rogers
john
phillips
philip
kurland
filed
brief
iowa
manufacturers
assn
et
al
amici
curiae
urging
affirmance
willam
dexter
james
redden
attorney
general
oregon
theodore
delooze
assistant
attorney
general
filed
brief
multistate
tax
et
al
amici
curiae
justice
stevens
delivered
opinion
question
case
whether
sales
formula
employed
iowa
apportion
income
interstate
business
income
tax
purposes
prohibited
federal
constitution
appellant
moorman
manufacturing
illinois
corporation
engaged
manufacture
sale
animal
feeds
although
products
sells
iowa
customers
manufactured
illinois
appellant
salesmen
iowa
owns
six
warehouses
state
deliveries
made
iowa
customers
iowa
sales
account
appellant
total
sales
corporations
foreign
domestic
business
iowa
subject
state
income
tax
taxable
income
federal
income
tax
purposes
certain
adjustments
treated
corporation
net
income
iowa
statute
corporation
business
conducted
entirely
within
iowa
statute
imposes
tax
portion
income
reasonably
attributable
business
within
state
essentially
two
steps
computing
share
corporation
income
reasonably
attributable
iowa
first
certain
income
geographical
source
easily
identifiable
attributed
entirely
particular
state
second
remaining
income
derived
manufacture
sale
tangible
personal
property
part
thereof
attributable
business
within
state
shall
proportion
gross
sales
made
within
state
bear
total
gross
sales
formula
appellant
challenges
case
taxpayer
believes
application
formula
subjects
taxation
greater
portion
net
income
reasonably
attributable
business
within
state
may
file
statement
objections
submit
alternative
method
apportionment
evidence
submitted
taxpayer
persuades
director
revenue
statute
inapplicable
inequitable
applied
may
recalculate
corporation
taxable
income
fiscal
years
state
tax
commission
allowed
appellant
compute
iowa
income
basis
formula
consisting
three
equally
weighted
factors
property
payroll
sales
rather
formula
prescribed
statute
fiscal
years
appellant
complied
directive
state
tax
commission
compute
income
accordance
statutory
formula
since
however
appellant
resorted
formula
without
consent
commission
iowa
director
revenue
revised
appellant
tax
assessment
fiscal
years
assessment
based
statutory
formula
produced
higher
percentage
taxable
income
appellant
using
formula
reported
return
disputed
years
higher
percentages
course
produced
correspondingly
greater
tax
obligation
years
tax
commission
rejected
moorman
appeal
revised
assessment
appellant
challenged
constitutionality
formula
iowa
district
polk
county
held
formula
invalid
due
process
clause
fourteenth
amendment
commerce
clause
iowa
reversed
holding
apportionment
formula
necessarily
rough
approximation
income
properly
attributable
taxing
state
subject
constitutional
attack
unless
taxpayer
proves
formula
produced
income
attribution
proportion
business
transacted
within
state
concluded
appellant
made
showing
noted
probable
jurisdiction
moorman
appeal
affirm
ii
appellant
contends
iowa
formula
results
extraterritorial
taxation
violation
due
process
clause
argument
rests
two
premises
first
appellant
illinois
operations
responsible
profits
generated
sales
iowa
second
formula
reaches
income
fact
earned
within
borders
taxing
state
violates
due
process
first
premise
speculative
second
foreclosed
prior
decisions
appellant
suggest
shown
significant
portion
income
attributed
iowa
fact
generated
illinois
operations
record
contain
separate
accounting
analysis
showing
portion
appellant
profits
attributable
sales
manufacturing
phase
company
operations
appellant
contends
proceed
assumption
least
portion
income
iowa
sales
generated
illinois
activities
whatever
merit
assumption
might
standpoint
economic
theory
legislative
policy
support
claim
litigation
iowa
fact
taxed
profits
attributable
activities
within
state
years
record
reveals
appellant
manufacturing
operations
illinois
marginally
profitable
years
sales
iowa
customers
iowa
warehouses
responsible
lion
share
income
generated
sales
indeed
separate
accounting
analysis
might
revealed
losses
illinois
operations
prevented
appellant
earning
income
exploitation
highly
favorable
iowa
market
yet
even
assume
illinois
activities
made
contribution
profitability
iowa
sales
appellant
claim
constitution
invalidates
apportionment
formula
whenever
may
result
taxation
income
source
taxing
state
incorrect
due
process
clause
places
two
restrictions
state
power
tax
income
generated
activities
interstate
business
first
tax
may
imposed
unless
minimal
connection
activities
taxing
state
national
bellas
hess
department
revenue
requirement
plainly
satisfied
second
income
attributed
state
tax
purposes
must
rationally
related
values
connected
taxing
state
norfolk
western
state
tax
since
iowa
used
formula
method
computing
taxable
income
method
unlike
separate
accounting
purport
identify
precise
geographical
source
corporation
profits
rather
employed
rough
approximation
corporation
income
reasonably
related
activities
conducted
within
taxing
state
formula
used
iowa
therefore
generally
produce
figure
represents
actual
profits
earned
within
state
true
illinois
formula
occasionally
income
attributable
taxing
state
yet
despite
impression
refused
impose
strict
constitutional
restraints
state
selection
particular
formula
thus
repeatedly
held
formula
presumptively
valid
underwood
typewriter
chamberlain
example
taxpayer
challenged
connecticut
use
formula
apportion
net
income
underwood
manufacturing
operations
conducted
entirely
within
connecticut
main
office
however
new
york
city
branch
offices
many
typewriters
sold
repaired
applying
property
formula
connecticut
taxed
company
net
income
claiming
profits
generated
transactions
tangible
personal
property
outside
connecticut
underwood
contended
formula
taxed
income
arising
business
conducted
beyond
boundaries
state
violation
due
process
clause
rejecting
claim
noted
connecticut
adopted
method
apportionment
appears
record
reached
meant
reach
profits
earned
within
state
held
taxpayer
failed
carry
burden
proving
method
apportionment
adopted
state
inherently
arbitrary
application
corporation
produced
unreasonable
result
ibid
omitted
individual
cases
true
found
application
formula
particular
taxpayer
violated
due
process
see
hans
rees
sons
north
carolina
ex
rel
maxwell
norfolk
western
state
tax
supra
hans
rees
example
concluded
proof
formula
produced
tax
taxpayer
income
income
actually
source
state
suffice
invalidate
assessment
due
process
clause
neither
hans
rees
norfolk
western
depart
basic
principles
wide
latitude
selection
apportionment
formulas
assessment
disturbed
taxpayer
proved
clear
cogent
evidence
income
attributed
state
fact
appropriate
proportions
business
transacted
state
led
grossly
distorted
result
general
motors
district
columbia
appellant
relies
suggest
contrary
result
case
held
regulation
prescribing
sales
formula
authorized
district
columbia
code
concluded
formula
violated
statutory
requirement
net
income
corporation
business
inside
outside
district
must
deemed
arise
sources
inside
outside
district
statutory
requirement
counterpart
constitution
general
motors
made
clear
mean
take
position
constitutionality
state
income
tax
based
sales
factor
alone
iowa
statute
afforded
appellant
opportunity
demonstrate
formula
produced
arbitrary
result
case
record
contains
showing
therefore
director
assessment
subject
challenge
due
process
clause
iii
appellant
also
contends
relevant
years
iowa
illinois
imposed
tax
portion
income
derived
iowa
sales
also
taxed
state
violation
commerce
clause
since
use
formula
illinois
adopted
appellant
argues
iowa
longstanding
formula
must
held
responsible
alleged
duplication
declared
unconstitutional
agree
first
place
record
establish
essential
factual
predicate
claim
duplicative
taxation
appellant
net
income
years
question
approximately
million
since
appellant
prove
portion
derived
sales
iowa
customers
rather
sales
customers
know
whether
illinois
iowa
together
imposed
tax
relevant
net
income
income
figure
appellant
contends
subject
duplicative
taxation
computed
comparing
gross
sales
iowa
total
gross
sales
already
noted
however
figure
represent
actual
profits
earned
iowa
sales
obviously
sales
equally
profitable
sales
iowa
although
gross
sales
may
yielded
much
higher
percentage
appellant
profits
thus
profits
iowa
sales
may
well
exceeded
million
figure
appellant
contends
taxed
two
duplicative
taxation
net
income
generated
iowa
sales
event
record
existence
speculative
even
assuming
overlap
accept
appellant
argument
iowa
rather
illinois
necessarily
fault
constitutional
sense
course
true
iowa
used
illinois
formula
risk
duplication
figures
computed
two
might
avoided
true
illinois
used
iowa
formula
since
record
reveal
sources
appellant
profits
commerce
clause
claim
rest
premise
profits
earned
illinois
included
iowa
taxable
income
therefore
iowa
formula
fault
whatever
overlap
may
existed
rather
claim
must
even
presumptively
valid
iowa
formula
yielded
profits
properly
attributable
appellant
activities
within
iowa
importance
avoiding
risk
duplication
taxable
income
interstate
concern
justifies
invalidation
iowa
statute
appellant
contends
extent
overlap
permitted
corporation
business
one
state
shoulders
tax
burden
shared
operating
entirely
within
state
alleviate
burden
appellant
invites
us
hold
commerce
clause
without
implementing
legislation
congress
requires
iowa
compute
corporate
net
income
illinois
equally
weighted
formula
reasons
follow
hold
constitution
require
result
conceivable
constitutional
basis
invalidating
iowa
statute
commerce
clause
prohibits
overlap
computation
taxable
income
constitution
read
mandate
precision
interstate
taxation
consequences
extend
far
beyond
particular
case
risk
duplicative
taxation
exists
whenever
corporation
business
follow
identical
rules
division
income
accepting
appellant
view
constitution
therefore
require
extensive
judicial
lawmaking
logic
limited
prohibition
use
apportionment
formula
asserted
constitutional
flaw
formula
different
presently
employed
majority
difference
creates
risk
duplicative
taxation
host
problems
create
precisely
risk
similarly
rise
constitutional
proportions
thus
necessary
prescribe
uniform
definition
category
formula
corporation
business
different
rules
regarding
sale
takes
place
includes
sale
computation
corporation
income
duplicative
taxation
despite
apparent
identity
formulas
employed
similar
risk
multiple
taxation
created
diversity
among
attribution
nonbusiness
income
generally
defined
portion
taxpayer
income
arise
activities
regular
course
business
distinguish
business
nonbusiness
income
apportionment
purposes
however
adopted
special
rules
attribute
nonbusiness
income
specific
locations
moreover
even
among
latter
diversity
definition
nonbusiness
income
designation
locations
deemed
attributable
potential
attribution
income
one
state
plain
prevention
duplicative
taxation
therefore
require
national
uniform
rules
division
income
although
adoption
uniform
code
undeniably
advance
policies
underlie
commerce
clause
require
policy
decision
based
political
economic
considerations
vary
state
state
constitution
however
neutral
respect
content
uniform
rule
problems
constitutionalized
therefore
resolved
manner
suggested
appellant
resolution
formula
diversity
prevalent
practice
endorsed
constitutional
rule
rule
best
amalgam
independent
state
decisions
based
considerations
unique
state
importance
reflect
national
interest
interests
whose
policies
subordinated
quest
uniformity
excluded
calculation
freedom
formulate
independent
policy
area
may
yield
overriding
national
interest
uniformity
content
uniform
rules
must
subscribe
determined
due
consideration
given
interests
affected
clear
legislative
power
granted
congress
commerce
clause
constitution
amply
justify
enactment
legislation
requiring
adhere
uniform
rules
division
income
body
constitution
committed
policy
decisions
finally
exercise
formalism
declare
appellant
income
tax
assessment
unconstitutional
based
speculative
concerns
multiple
taxation
evident
appellant
basis
complaint
instead
income
tax
iowa
imposed
burdensome
tax
gross
receipts
sales
iowa
customers
standard
pressed
steel
washington
revenue
sustained
tax
entire
gross
receipts
sales
made
taxpayer
washington
state
receipts
sales
made
washington
included
standard
pressed
steel
taxable
gross
receipts
concluded
tax
apportioned
exactly
activities
taxed
case
appellant
actual
income
tax
obligation
rough
equivalent
tax
entire
gross
receipts
iowa
sales
thus
actual
burden
interstate
commerce
iowa
imposed
plainly
valid
tax
instead
challenged
income
tax
significance
tax
sustained
standard
pressed
steel
general
motors
washington
inherently
burdensome
iowa
income
tax
applies
whether
interstate
concern
profitable
imposition
may
make
difference
profit
loss
contrast
income
tax
imposed
enterprises
showing
profit
tax
obligation
heavy
unless
profits
high
accordingly
congress
prescribes
different
rule
iowa
constitutionally
prohibited
requiring
taxpayers
prove
application
formula
produced
arbitrary
results
particular
case
judgment
iowa
affirmed
ordered
footnotes
interest
dividends
rents
royalties
less
related
expenses
received
connection
business
state
shall
allocated
state
received
connection
business
outside
state
shall
allocated
outside
state
iowa
code
iowa
code
operation
two
formulas
may
briefly
described
sales
formula
yields
percentage
representing
ratio
gross
sales
iowa
total
gross
sales
formula
yields
percentage
representing
average
three
ratios
property
within
state
total
property
payroll
within
state
total
payroll
sales
within
state
total
sales
percentages
multiplied
adjusted
total
net
income
arrive
iowa
taxable
net
income
net
income
figure
multiplied
tax
rate
compute
actual
tax
obligation
taxpayer
years
two
formulas
resulted
following
percentages
fiscal
year
sales
factor
ended
percentage
percentage
description
percentages
computed
see
supra
thus
example
moorman
computation
resulted
tax
whereas
director
computation
resulted
tax
see
underwood
typewriter
chamberlain
bass
ratcliff
gretton
state
tax
ford
motor
beauchamp
see
also
bass
ratcliff
gretton
state
tax
supra
norfolk
western
north
carolina
ex
rel
maxwell
true
expressed
doubts
wisdom
economic
assumptions
underlying
challenged
formula
noted
use
context
prevalent
formula
advance
policies
underlying
commerce
clause
considerations
deemed
relevant
question
legislative
intent
constitutional
interpretation
concurring
opinion
justice
mccormick
iowa
made
point
present
case
moorman
attempt
prove
amount
actual
net
income
iowa
activities
years
involved
therefore
basis
presented
comparison
corporation
iowa
income
income
apportioned
iowa
formula
era
sophisticated
accounting
techniques
impossible
unitary
corporation
prove
actual
income
activities
particular
state
however
moorman
showed
tax
liability
substantially
less
iowa
employed
apportionment
formula
basis
assume
formula
produced
result
equivalent
corporation
actual
income
iowa
activities
failed
establish
basis
comparison
actual
income
iowa
income
apportioned
iowa
formula
moorman
demonstrate
formula
produced
grossly
unfair
result
thus
prove
unconstitutionality
formula
applied
since
illinois
adopt
income
tax
possibility
overlap
year
alleged
overlap
three
years
following
illinois
enactment
income
tax
since
evidence
record
regarding
percentages
total
net
income
taxed
business
years
claim
appellant
taxed
total
net
income
also
speculative
appellant
also
contends
iowa
formula
discriminates
interstate
commerce
violation
commerce
clause
equal
protection
clause
illinois
corporation
business
iowa
must
pay
tax
greater
portion
income
local
iowa
company
iowa
company
business
illinois
pay
tax
less
income
illinois
corporation
business
iowa
simple
answer
however
whatever
disparity
may
existed
attributable
iowa
statute
treats
local
foreign
concerns
even
hand
alleged
disparity
consequence
combined
effect
iowa
illinois
statutes
iowa
responsible
latter
thus
appellant
discrimination
claim
simply
way
describing
potential
consequences
use
different
formulas
two
consequences
however
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