UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON-LINE

1. Where a serviceman domiciled in one state is assigned to military duty in another state, the latter state is barred by § 514 of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, from imposing a tax on his tangible personal property temporarily located within its border -- even when the state of his domicile has not taxed such property. Pp. 345 U. S. 322-327.

2. As thus construed and applied, the statute is within the constitutional power of Congress. Pp. 345 U. S. 324-325.

Petitioner's suit to recover personal property taxes paid under protest was sustained by a state trial court. The Supreme Court of Colorado reversed. 125 Colo. 477, 244 P.2d 1082. This Court granted certiorari. 344 U.S. 891. Reversed, p. 345 U. S. 327.