· 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
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- “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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