Legal Opinion
Hoff v. State
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided January 31, 1938PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Layton, C. J.,
delivering the opinion of the court:
The title of the act reasonably discloses its nature and purpose. Fairly considered, it includes but one subject. See State v. Grier, 4 Boyce 322, 88 A. 579, and In re Cypress Farms Ditch, 7 W. W. Harr. (37 Del.) 71, 180 A. 536, *140where some of the decisions in this State on the question are collected.
The substantial questions to be determined are whether the act delegates legislative power to the Board of Examiners; and whether the act is a reasonable exercise of the police power of the State as applied to the particular trade or occupation.
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2Cases cited28 opinions
- Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Butchers' Benevolent Ass'n v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing & Slaughter-House Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Panama Refining Co. v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Lawton v. SteeleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Minnesota v. BarberSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Darling Apartment Co. v. SpringerSupreme Court of Delaware · 1941
- Globe Liquor Co. v. Four Roses Distillers CompanySupreme Court of Delaware · 1971
- State v. HobsonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1951
- Atlantis I Condominium Ass'n v. BrysonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1979
- Brennan v. BlackSupreme Court of Delaware · 1954
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