· 10/12/1931
Freeman--Hampton Oil Corp. v. Commissioner
Citations
- 24 B.T.A. 319
- 1931 BTA LEXIS 1657
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the title “[s]hall it be a gross misdemeanor to capture an animal with certain body-gripping traps, or to poison an animal with sodium fluoroacetate or sodium cyanide” was general
- determining that a ban on trapping animals with certain body-gripping traps was rationally related or \germane to\ a ban on killing animals with certain pesticides
- determining that a ban on trapping animals with certain body-gripping traps was rationally related or “germane to” a ban on killing animals with certain pesticides
- explaining that a new enactment did not “alter preexisting rights or duties to an impermissible degree”
- holding title “Shall it be a gross misdemeanor to capture an animal with certain body-gripping traps, or to poison an animal with sodium' fluoroacetate or sodium cyanide?” was a general title
- discussing “general” and “specific” titles and reaffirming that “the ‘rational unity’ analysis” applies to legislation bearing a “general” title
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Judges: Steenhagen
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