Fox Film Corp v. Doyal
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 12, 1932 Decided May 16, 1932
Full case name	Fox Film Corp v. Doyal
Citations	286 U.S. 123 (more) 52 S. Ct. 546; 76 L. Ed. 1010
Holding
States may tax copyright royalties, as they can patent royalties, because even though copyrights & patents are granted by the federal government, they are still private property subject to taxation.
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices Willis Van Devanter · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · George Sutherland Pierce Butler · Harlan F. Stone Owen Roberts · Benjamin N. Cardozo
Case opinion
Majority	Hughes, joined by a unanimous court

Fox Film Corp v. Doyal, 286 U.S. 123 (1932), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that states may tax copyright royalties, as they can patent royalties, because even though copyrights & patents are granted by the federal government, they are still private property subject to taxation.^[1]

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