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· 11/16/1903

Missouri v. Dockery

Citations

  • 191 U.S. 165
  • 24 S. Ct. 53
  • 48 L. Ed. 133
  • 1903 U.S. LEXIS 1474
  • 63 L.R.A. 571

Syllabus

<p>The rights of an individual under the Fourteenth Amendment turn on the power of th'e State. A State does not infringe his' rights under that amendment by'exempting a corporation from a tax either'wholly'or in part, whether such exemption results from the plain language of a statute or from the conduct of a state official under it;</p>

Judges: Holmes

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