Hamilton Gas Light & Coke Co. v. Hamilton City
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. The court stated the case as follows: The Hamilton Gas Light and Coke Company invokes against a certain ordinance of the city of Hamilton, a municipal corporation of Ohio, the protection of the clause of the Constitution of the United States which forbids the passage by a State of any law impairing the obligation of contracts, as well as the clause declaring that no State shall deprive any…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. The court stated the case as follows: The Hamilton Gas Light and Coke Company invokes against a certain ordinance of the city of Hamilton, a municipal corporation of Ohio, the protection of the clause of the Constitution of the United States which forbids the passage by a State of any law impairing the obligation of contracts, as well as the clause declaring that no State shall deprive any person of property without due process of law. By the final judgment a temporary injunction granted against the city was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The plaintiff’s first contention is that there is no statute of Ohio authorizing any city, in which there are already gasworks in full and complete operation, to erect gas-works, or to levy a tax for that purpose. If this were conceded, we should feel obliged — the plaintiff and defendant both being corporations of Ohio — to reverse the judgment, and remand the cause with directions to dismiss the suit for want of jurisdiction in the Circuit. Court. The jurisdiction of that court can be sustained only upon , the theory that the suit is one arising under the Constitution of the United States.…
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