 | Mississippi. Supreme Court - 1903 - 904 pages
...imposed upon one than such is prescribed to all for like offences. ' ' Further along the court says: " Class legislation, discriminating against some and...within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment." In the case of Soon IIing v. Crowley,... | |
 | David Thomas Marvel, John W. Houston, Samuel Maxwell Harrington, James Pennewill, William Henry Boyce, William Watson Harrington, Charles L. Terry, William J. Storey - 1909 - 778 pages
...amendment, was designed to interfere with the power of the State, sometimes termed its police power." * * * "Class legislation, discriminating against some and...within the sphere of its operation, it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment." The same Justice, in the case of UP Ry.... | |
 | 1910 - 832 pages
...good. Though in man." respects, necessarily special in their character, they do not furnish just ground of complaint if they operate alike upon all persons...property under the same circumstances and conditions." In the light of these general principles can it be said that the particular portion of the ordinance... | |
 | 1910 - 968 pages
...good. Though in many respects, necessarily special in their character, they do not furnish just ground of complaint if they operate alike upon all persons...property under the same circumstances and conditions." In the light of these general principles can it be said that the particular portion of the ordinance... | |
 | 1906 - 920 pages
...(Tinsley v. Anderson, 171 US 101. [IS Sup. Ct. 805] ; Brannan on Fourteenth Amendment, p. 322, 323.) "Class legislation discriminating against some and...favoring others is prohibited, but legislation which, in carryins!' out a public purpose, is limited :n its application, if within the sphere of its operation... | |
 | David Thomas Marvel, John W. Houston, Samuel Maxwell Harrington, James Pennewill, William Henry Boyce, William Watson Harrington, Charles L. Terry, William J. Storey - 1915 - 722 pages
...legislation that discriminates against some and favors others — it is prohibited by the amendment ; but legislation, which in carrying out a public purpose is limited in its application, and within the sphere of its operation, affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within... | |
 | 1922 - 436 pages
...favoring others, is «237 US 63 (1915)- - - '204 US 36 (1907). •220 US 61 (1911). '238 US 67 (1915). prohibited; but legislation which, in carrying out...within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the Amendment." This language was repeated and affirmed... | |
 | Arthur Hastings Grant, Harold Sinley Buttenheim - 1919 - 674 pages
...good. Thp in many respects necessarily special in their character, they do not furnish just ground of complaint if they operate alike upon all persons...within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the [14th] amendment." The attitude of the United States... | |
 | Philippines. Supreme Court - 1926 - 1232 pages
...the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, in the first cited case, namely: " * * * Class legislation, discriminating against some and...within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the Amendment." The case of Young vs. Rafferty, supra,... | |
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Class legislation, discriminating against some and favoring others, is prohibited, but legislation which, in carrying out a public purpose, is limited in its application, if within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated,... 
