 | 1915 - 726 sider
...mere excuse for an unjust discrimination or the oppression or spoliation of a particular class."** "Class legislation, discriminating against some and...all persons similarly situated, is not within the fourteenth amendment," declared Mr. Justice Field in delivering the opinion of the court in the well-known... | |
 | William John Tossell - 1913 - 912 sider
...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...persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment. ' ' That proper classification and legislation under the limitations stated is not an invasion of the... | |
 | William John Tossell - 1911 - 780 sider
...complaint, if they operate alike upon all persons and property under the same circumstances and conditions. Class legislation discriminating against some and...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 - 1921 - 742 sider
...complaint if they operate alike upon all persons and property under the same circumstances and conditions. Class legislation, discriminating against some and...similarly situated, is not within the amendment." We are cited by the plaintiff to certain Ohio cases, which it is contended are in support of this particular... | |
 | 1896 - 916 sider
...Supreme Court of the United States used the following language : " Class legislation, discriminating some and favoring others, is prohibited ; but legislation...persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment. " In Gartttide v. Eatt St. Louis, 43 111. 47, the supreme court of Illinois, speaking of an ordinance... | |
 | 1896 - 1220 sider
...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."... | |
 | 1896 - 876 sider
...amendment does not relate to territorial arrangements made for different portions of a State, nor to legislation which, in carrying out a public purpose, is limited in its operation, but, within the sphere of its operation, affects alike all persons similarly situated. It... | |
 | American Medico-Psychological Association - 1897 - 410 sider
...all patients, the State may surely make laws regulating the commitment and detention of the insane. "Legislation, which in carrying out a public purpose, is limited in its application," is not within the prohibition of the amendment (14th) if, within the sphere of its operations, it affects... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature - 1897 - 1206 sider
...amendment does not relate to territorial arrangements made for different portions of a State, nor to legislation which, in carrying out a public purpose, is limited in its operation, but, within the sphere of its operation, affects alike all persons similarly situated. It... | |
 | David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield - 1898 - 1206 sider
...the case of Barbier v. Connolly, 113 US 27, the court, speaking of the Fourteenth Amendment, said: " Class legislation, discriminating against some and...similarly situated, is not within the amendment." Different Courts — Diversity of Jurisdiction and Procedure. — In the case o£ Missouri v. Lewis,... | |
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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,... 
