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In '''''American Trucking Ass'ns v. Scheiner''''', 483 U.S. 266 (1987), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] struck down two "flat" taxes imposed by Pennsylvania as preconditions to the use of the State's roads by commercial motor vehicles--a "marker fee" and an "axle tax," neither of which varied in amount depending on the number of miles that a particular vehicle traveled within the State.<ref>''See id.'' at 273-274.</ref>  

In '''''American Trucking Ass'ns v. Scheiner''''', 483 U.S. 266 (1987), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] struck down two "flat" taxes imposed by Pennsylvania as preconditions to the use of the State's roads by commercial motor vehicles—a "marker fee" and an "axle tax," neither of which varied in amount depending on the number of miles that a particular vehicle traveled within the State.<ref>''See id.'' at 273-274.</ref>  

The Court offered two bases for its invalidation of the taxes:

The Court offered two bases for its invalidation of the taxes:

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