 | 1917 - 914 pages
...remain: (i) Does the statute bear a real relation to the accomplishment of that purpose? (2) Does it "operate alike upon all persons and property under the same circumstances and conditions"? With reference to the first inquiry it might well be argued that the statute should not be broader... | |
 | 1916 - 1182 pages
...* Though, 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 amendment." In the second place the defendant's counsel... | |
 | 1888 - 494 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...within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment. The suggestion that Mr. Justice Field... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1889 - 860 pages
...persons or property under the same circumstances and conditions. "Class legislation, " said the court, "discriminating against some and favoring others,...within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment." In Soon Hing v. Crowley, 113 US 703,... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1891 - 456 pages
...York, 134 US 594; Pembina Mining Co. v. Pennsylvania, 125 US 181 ; Crowley v. Christensen, 137 US 86. " Class legislation discriminating against some and...out a public purpose, is limited in its application " is not within the prohibition of the amendment, "if within the sphere of its operations it affects... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1892 - 1022 pages
...greater burden* should be laid upon one than are laid upon others in the same calling and condition. .... Class legislation discriminating against some and...within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment.' It was accordingly held that a municipal... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1892 - 774 pages
...of the Fourteenth Amendment : ' Class legislation, discriminating against some Opinion of the Court. and favoring others, is prohibited ; but legislation...within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment.' 113 US 237." If presidential electors... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1892 - 1030 pages
...greater burdens should be laid npon one than are laid upon others in the same calling and condition. .... Class legislation discriminating against some and...legislation which, in carrying out a public purpose, ia limited in its application, if within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly... | |
 | 1892 - 1278 pages
...118 ü. S. 70», 5 Sup. Ct. Rep. 730. And again : "Claen legislation, discriminating against some ami favoring others, Is prohibited ; but legislation which in carrying out a public purposeislimitedinitsapplication.if within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons... | |
 | John Lewis - 1893 - 820 pages
...greater burdens should be laid upon one than are laid upon others in the same calling and condition * * * 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 entire subject underwent careful examination... | |
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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,... 
