 | United States. Supreme Court - 1922 - 802 sider
...condition, and that in the administration of criminal justice no different or higher punishment should be. imposed upon one than such as is prescribed to all for like offences." If, as claimed, the legislature has full discretion to grant or withhold equitable relief... | |
 | Chauncey F. Black, Samuel B. Smith - 1881 - 556 sider
...others; and in the administration of criminal justice it permits no different or greater punishment to be imposed upon one than such as is prescribed to all for like offences. It secures to all persons their civil rights upon the same terms ; but it leaves political... | |
 | 1885 - 544 sider
...Constitution of the United States; but legislation which, in carrying out a public purpose, is limited iu its application, if within the sphere of its operation...persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment. (3) Neither the fourteenth ameudmeut, nor any other amendment to the Constitution of the United States,... | |
 | 1885 - 890 sider
...discriminating against some and favoring others, id prohibited, but legislation which, in carrying nut a public purpose, is limited in its application. if...within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all ;•• r-ins similarly situated, is not within the amendment. In the execution of admitted powers... | |
 | 1913 - 808 sider
...condition; and that in the administration of criminal justice no different or higher punishment should be imposed upon one than such as is prescribed to all for like offenses. So long a list of possible cases invited appeals to the federal courts for the protection supposed... | |
 | 1888 - 494 sider
...condition; and that in the administration of criminal justice no different or higher punishment should be imposed upon one than such as is prescribed to all for like offences. But Mr. Justice Field adds, without citation of authority, the following definition or qualification... | |
 | Connecticut. Board of Railroad Commissioners - 1890 - 572 sider
...brought under subjection to it. The equal protection of the law is afforded when this is accomplished Class legislation, discriminating against some and...similarly situated, is not within the amendment." Minn. & St. Louis RR Co. vs. Beckwith, 129 WS, 26. The application of the foregoing principles to the... | |
 | 1890 - 684 sider
...condition ; and that in the administration of criminal justice no different or higher punishment should be imposed upon one than such as is prescribed to all for like offences. But Mr. Justice Field adds, without citation of authority, the following definition or qualification... | |
 | 1891 - 428 sider
...resided a less time. Held, that the law was unconstitutional as imposing unequal burdens on citizens. "Class legislation, discriminating against some and...similarly situated, is not within the amendment." The present case was not within the exception, because the distinction as regards length of residence... | |
 | 1891 - 886 sider
...broad as it is, is not designed to interfere with the police power of the State, FIELD, J., says, " Class legislation, discriminating against some and...similarly situated, is not within the Amendment." In the Stockton Laundry Case (1886), 36 Fed. Repr. 6n, an ordinance of the city of Stockton, California,... | |
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be imposed upon one than such as is prescribed to all for like offenses. 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... 
