Grosjean v. American Press Co., 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
U.S. Supreme Court, (February 10, 1936)
Docket number: 303
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U.S. Supreme Court GROSJEAN v. AMERICAN PRESS CO., 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
[Page 297 U.S. 233, 251] national existence has undertaken to impose a tax like that now in question. The form in which the tax is imposed is in itself suspicious. It is not measured or limited by the volume of advertisements. It is measured alone by the extent of the circulation of the publication in which the advertisements are carried, with the plain purpose of penalizing the publishers and curtailing the circulation of a selected group of newspapers. 2. Having reached the conclusion that the act imposing the tax in question is unconstitutional under the due process of law clause because it abridges the freedom of the press, we deem it unnecessary to consider the further ground assigned, that it also constitutes a denial of the equal protection of the laws. Decree affirmed.