Legal Opinion
Mulling v. Houlihan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 13, 1949No. 16748PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Head, Justice.
It is contended that the amendment of 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 393) violates the rights of the plaintiff in error under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution (Code, § 1-815), to wit: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; . . nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The basis of this contention is that the act attempts to classify the salary of the plaintiff in error upon the fact of junior service, and it is urged that such classification is…
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