Bradley v. City of Richmond
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE .STATE OF. VIRGINIA. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the due process and equal protection provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment of a license ordinance of the city of Richmond, Virginia, are stated in the opinion. The ordinances and the tax imposed on the plaintiff in error were void as in violation of the due process and equal protection provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE .STATE OF. VIRGINIA. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the due process and equal protection provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment of a license ordinance of the city of Richmond, Virginia, are stated in the opinion. The ordinances and the tax imposed on the plaintiff in error were void as in violation of the due process and equal protection provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment. The power given to the Committee on Finance to tax and classify the persons or businesses mentioned, and the tax imposed by it was a naked and arbitrary…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
Appellant was convicted in the Hustings Court of Richmond for the violation of an ordinance forbidding the carrying on of the business of a “private banker” without a license. This judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the State.
Numerous objections to the ordinance and to the tax, arising under the law and constitution of the State, were decided adversely to the plaintiff in error. With these we have no concern. The case comes here upon the, cla;m made in the state court, and denied, that the ordinance denies both the equal protection of the law and due process as guaranteed by the…
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