Legal Opinion

Brinkerhoff-Faris Trust & Savings Co. v. Hill

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 21, 1930No. 464PublishedCited by 250 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis

In 1928, the Brinkerhoff-Faris Trust & Savings Company, ■acting as trustee for its shareholders, brought this suit in a Missouri court against the Treasurer of Henry County, Missouri, to enjoin him from collecting or attempting to collect a certain part of the taxes assessed against them for the year 1927 on the shares of its stock; and, pending decision in this suit, to restrain the prosecution of an action already brought by him against the plaintiff for that purpose.

The bill alleged that the township assessor had intentionally and systematically discriminated against the shareholders by…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Swift v. TysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
  4. Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  5. Moore v. DempseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923

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3Cited by250 opinions

  1. Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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