Legal Opinion
City of Jersey City v. Martin
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided April 3, 1941PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Heher, J.
The insistence is that chapters 4 and 5 of the laws of 1940 (Pamph. L., pp. 21, 33), contravene article IV, section VII, placitum 12, of the state constitution, directing that “Property shall be assessed for taxes under general laws, and by uniform rules, according to its true value,” and also section I of the fourteenth amendment of the Federal Constitution, for “lack of uniformity and equality” in (a) the “scheduled property;” (b) the “unit values;” (c) the “classification of the taxpayers;” and (d) the “rates.”
It is said that the cited…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Panama Refining Co. v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- City of Trenton v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Williams v. Mayor of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Patton v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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3Cited by38 opinions
- City of Camden v. ByrneSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- McKenney v. ByrneSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- NJ Sports & Exposition Auth. v. McCraneNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1971
- Public Service Electric & Gas Co. v. Township of WoodbridgeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1977
- Town of Palm Beach v. City of West Palm BeachSupreme Court of Florida · 1951
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