Knapp v. City of Jacksonville

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• explaining that a \classification is rationally based if it rests upon genuine differences and those differences bear a reasonable relationship to the legislative purpose\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• explaining that “the constitutional analysis is about conceivable justifications, not stated ones”
• upholding against constitutional challenges the City of Jacksonville’s imposition of a monthly public-safety fee that was billed by the city in its water bill
• upholding differing surcharges for developed property because of something the city “could have” concluded (internal quotation marks and citation omit- ted)
• upholding differing surcharges for developed property because of something the city “could have” concluded (internal quotation marks and citation omit- ted)
• upholding city water and sewer bill surcharges solely on developed property, because city “‘could have correctly concluded that safety needs increase when property is developed’”

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