Calvert v. McLemore

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• concluding occupation tax was not equal and uniform because it did not apply to businesses that exhibit motion pictures in movie theaters
• determining that statutory tax on entertainment tickets was \plainly a revenue measure\ rather than a regulatory measure
• determining that statutory tax on entertainment tickets was \plainly a revenue measure\ rather than a regulatory measure
• law that distinguished between motion pictures held at permanent theaters and those “held at places other than at a fixed and regularly established motion picture theater” held unconstitutional
• law that distinguished between motion pictures held at permanent theaters and those \held at places other than at a fixed and regularly established motion picture theater\ held unconstitutional
• statute violating article VIII , section 2 , of the Texas Constitution which requires reasonable basis for classifying and exempting persons engaged in same occupation for occupation tax

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).