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{{Infobox SCOTUS case
| Litigants = Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson
| italic title = force
| ArgueDate = January 14
| ArgueYear = 1938
| DecideDate = January 31
| DecideYear = 1938
| FullName = Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. [[Charles G. Johnson]], Treasurer of State of California
| USVol = 303
| USPage = 77
| ParallelCitations = 58 S.Ct. 436; 82 [[L. Ed.]] 673; 1938 [[U.S. LEXIS]] 258
| Prior = 
| Subsequent = 
| Holding = 
| Majority = Stone
| JoinMajority = Hughes, McReynolds, Brandeis, Butler, Roberts, Reed
| Dissent = Black
| NotParticipating = Cardozo
| LawsApplied = 
}}
'''''Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson''''', 303 U.S. 77 (1938), is a case in which the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] dealt with corporate entities. The case involved whether [[California]] could levy a tax on a company licensed to do business in that state for transactions that occurred in a different state.

==Judgment==
[[Harlan F. Stone|Justice Stone]] delivered the opinion of the Court.  Justice [[Hugo Black]] dissented.

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==See also==
*[[juristic person|Corporate personhood]]
*[[List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 303]]
*''[[Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad]]''

==External links==
*{{wikisource-inline}}
*{{caselaw source
 | case=''Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson'', {{ussc|303|77|1938|el=no}}
 | courtlistener =https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/102956/connecticut-gen-life-ins-co-v-johnson/
 | findlaw = https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/303/77.html
 | googlescholar = https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6959025987863457926
 | justia=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/303/77/
 | loc =http://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/usrep/usrep303/usrep303077/usrep303077.pdf
}}

[[Category:United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court]]
[[Category:United States corporate case law]]
[[Category:United States due process case law]]
[[Category:United States Supreme Court cases in 1938]]
[[Category:United States Supreme Court cases]]

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