Legal Opinion
Smith v. Cahoon
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 25, 1931No. 449PublishedCited by 389 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
The appellant, a private carrier for hire, was arrested upon a warrant charging him with operating vehicles upon the highways in Duval County, Florida, without having obtained the certificate of public convenience and necessity, and without having paid the tax, required by Chapter 13700, Laws of Florida, 1929. At the preliminary hearing, the appellant challenged the validity of the statute, as applied to him, upon the ground that it was repugnant to the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The appellant was held for…
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3Cited by389 opinions
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