James Clark McReynolds

“ The suggestion that to require petitioner to observe local laws would give the state inequitable priority over the United States as to taxes lacks merit. If any such result should follow, it would accompany permissive action of Congress.
And, if the receiver cannot continue to carry on the Company's business according to the plain direction of Congress, he must pursue some other course permitted by law. ”

“ Whatever may be the inherent power of a court incident to a grant of jurisdiction, Michaelson v. United States, 266 U.S. 43, 66, 45 S.Ct. 18, 69 L.Ed. 162, 35 A.L.R. 451, there seems no ground whatever for saying that Congress cannot withhold or withdraw from courts of equity the right to empower receivers in conservation proceedings to disregard local statutes. ”

“ There is no suggestion of repugnance between the state Constitution and the motor vehicle fuel statute. And the latter must be accepted as valid law of the state within the ambit of section 65, Judicial Code (28 USCA § 124) , unless its provisions conflict with the constitution or laws of the United States.
Petitioner insists that there is such disagreement, since the state statute diminishes the power of the United States District Court to direct its receiver to operate the business of the company. ”