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· 11/23/1931

Cumberland Coal Co. v. Board of Revision of Tax Assessments in Greene Cty.

Citations

  • 284 U.S. 23
  • 52 S. Ct. 48
  • 76 L. Ed. 146
  • 1931 U.S. LEXIS 860

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Applying the same ratio to the same assigned values, when the actual values differ, creates the same disparity in effect as applying a different ratio to actual values when the latter are the same.”
  • relief accorded taxpayer whose property had been taxed at full value despite systematic undervalua tion of other taxpayers’ property
  • relief accorded taxpayer whose property had been taxed at full value despite systematic undervaluation of other taxpayers' property
  • relief granted where “deliberately adopted system” taxed taxpayer’s property at a rate much higher than that applied to property of most others similarly situated
  • relief accorded taxpayer whose property had been taxed at full value despite systematic undervaluation of other taxpayer’s property
  • invalidating a state tax assessment scheme on equal protection grounds

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Judges: Hughes

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