| Litigants: | Fox Film Corp v. Doyal |
| Arguedate: | January 12 |
| Argueyear: | 1932 |
| Decidedate: | May 16 |
| Decideyear: | 1932 |
| Fullname: | Fox Film Corp v. Doyal |
| Usvol: | 286 |
| Uspage: | 123 |
| Parallelcitations: | 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. |
| Majority: | Hughes |
| Joinmajority: | 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]