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· 4/2/1934

A. Magnano Co. v. Hamilton

Citations

  • 292 U.S. 40
  • 54 S. Ct. 599
  • 78 L. Ed. 1109
  • 1934 U.S. LEXIS 695

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  • providing that the words of an Act \are to be given their ordinary meaning unless the context shows that they are differently used\
  • applying Child Labor to a due process challenge to a state statute
  • the single premise that the amount of a tax is so excessive as to bring about the destruction of a business has been “uniformly rejected as furnishing no juridical ground for striking down a taxing act”

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Judges: Sutherland

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