Marshall & Sterling, Inc. v. Southard

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• holding special law unconstitutional where there was no link between the cities’ alleged unique characteristics and the special treatment afforded them
• declaring statute’s fee exemption to be unconstitutional but severable from remainder of statute, thereby leaving fee restriction in force
• declaring a statute that allowed certain cities to charge local landlords any amount to register rental properties to be unconstitutional special legislation
• citation 5 See Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 453 U.S. 490, 507–12 (1981) (upholding sign code's distinction between on-premises and off-premises commercial signs); see also Rodriguez de Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc., 490 U.S. 477, 484 (1989

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