City of Chicago v. Sturges
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of the mob and riot indemnity law of Illinois, are stated in the opinion. The statute denies equal protection of the laws. An arbitrary classification of persons or corporations to be affected does not render a law applying to one such class general in character.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of the mob and riot indemnity law of Illinois, are stated in the opinion. The statute denies equal protection of the laws. An arbitrary classification of persons or corporations to be affected does not render a law applying to one such class general in character. Braceville Coal Co. v. People, 147 Illinois, 66; Eden v. People &c., 161 Illinois, 296; Gulf, Colorado &c. Ry. v. Ellis, 165 U. S. 150; Frorer v. People, 141 Illinois, 171; Millett v. People, 117…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
The only question under this writ of error is as to the validity of a statute of the State of Illinois entitled “An Act to indemnify the owners of property for damages occasioned by mobs and riots.” Laws of 1887, p. 237.
The defendant in error recovered a judgment against the city under that statute, which was affirmed in the Supreme Court of the State. 237 Illinois, 46. The validity of the law under the Illinois constitution was thus affirmed, and that question is thereby foreclosed'. But it was urged in the Illinois courts that the act violated the guarantee of due process of law and the…
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