 | United States. Supreme Court - 1893 - 776 pages
...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 IT. S. 237." If presidential electors... | |
 | South Dakota. Supreme Court - 1918 - 804 pages
...general good, though, in many respects, special in their character, they do not furnish just ground for complaint if they operate alike upon all persons and...property under the same circumstances and conditions." , The question involved in Hill v. Rae, 52 Mont. 378, 158 Pac. -826, LRA 191 7A, 495, was very similar... | |
 | William Packer Prentice - 1894 - 578 pages
...Though in many respects necessaril\T special in their character, they do not furnish just ground for 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 England, it is to be remembered, the... | |
 | 1915 - 726 pages
...mere excuse for an unjust discrimination or the oppression or spoliation of a particular class."** "Class legislation, discriminating against some and...within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the fourteenth amendment," declared Mr. Justice Field... | |
 | William John Tossell - 1911
...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...application, if within the sphere of its operation it affects all persons similarly situated is not within the amendment." Montgomery Common Pleas Also see Stale... | |
 | William John Tossell - 1913 - 912 pages
...Connolly, 113 US 27 [5 Sup. Ct. Rep. 357; 28 L. Ed. 923],. speaking of the fourteenth amendment, 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. ' ' That proper classification and legislation... | |
 | William John Tossell - 1921 - 742 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." We are cited by the plaintiff to certain... | |
 | 1896 - 918 pages
...Supreme Court of the United States used the following language : " Class legislation, discriminating some 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. " In Gartttide v. Eatt St. Louis, 43 111.... | |
 | 1896 - 1220 pages
...conferred and in the liabilities imposed." And in Barbier v. Connolly, 113 U. & 27, 5 Sup. Ct 357, it said: "Class legislation discriminating against some and...purpose. Is limited in its application, if within tlie sphere of its operation it affects all persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment."... | |
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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,... 
