Legal Opinion · Dissent
Louis K. Liggett Co. v. Amos
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 4, 1932Published
1Dissent
In discussing the power of the legislature to classify persons and things, it was said by this court, speaking through MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAYLOR, in State vs. Jacksonville Terminal Co., 41 Fla. 363,27 So. 221, said that the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution does not preclude legislation reasonably classifying persons and things, and that generally it only requires the same means and methods to be applied impartially to all the constituents of a class, so that the law shall operate equally and uniformly upon all persons in similar circumstances. And…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Magoun v. Illinois Trust & Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Bell's Gap Railroad v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Louisville Gas & Electric Co. v. ColemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Rast v. Van Deman & Lewis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- State Bd. of Tax Commr's of Ind. v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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