Legal Opinion

State v. Savage

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided October 21, 1919PublishedCited by 38 opinions

From Coos: John S. Coke, Judge. Department 2. The defendant Norman C. Savage was convicted and fined $25 for having on the twenty-seventh day of March, 1919, shipped or transported from Coos County to Portland, for sale, two salt-water crabs taken within said Coos County, and appeals from the judgment of conviction.

1Opinion of the CourtBean, J.

A demurrer was filed to the complaint against defendant which was first filed in the Justice’s Court from which an appeal was taken by defendant to the Circuit Court, and it is contended that the statute which the defendant is accused of violating is unconstitutional, as in violation of Section 20 of Article I of the Constitution, which provides:

“No law shall be passed granting to any citizen or class of citizens, privileges or immunities which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.”

*56An act “to provide for the preservation and protection of salt water crabs within the…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Barbier v. ConnollySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. Cotting v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
  4. People Ex Rel. New York Electric Lines Co. v. SquireNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  5. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. HackettSupreme Court of the United States · 1913

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3Cited by38 opinions

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  3. State of Oregon v. PirkeyOregon Supreme Court · 1955
  4. Hale v. Port of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Warren v. MARION COUNTYOregon Supreme Court · 1960

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