American Sugar Refining Co. v. Louisiana
Citations
- 179 U.S. 89
- 21 S. Ct. 43
- 45 L. Ed. 102
- 1900 U.S. LEXIS 1850
Syllabus
<p>A state statute imposing a license tax upon persons and corporations carrying on the business of refining sugar and molasses does not, by exempting from such tax “planters and farmers grinding and refining their own sugar and molasses,” deny sugar refiners the equal protection of the laws within the Fourteenth Amendment.</p>
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Judges: Brown, Hablan, White
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