Legal Opinion
Norman v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 12, 1937No. 330PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff is a stockholder of the defendant Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., and has brought this suit to enjoin his corporation from paying taxes imposed upon it under title 8 of the Social Security Act (section 801 et seq. [42 U.S.C.A. § 1001 et seq.]) and likewise to obtain a decree declaring titles 2 (section 201 et seq. [42 U.S.C.A. § 401 et seq.]) and 8 in so far as they require payment of taxes for old age benefits unconstitutional and void.
The corporation and its trustees were the original defendants in the suit and the Commissioner of…
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