Legal Opinion
Lee v. Bickell
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 21, 1934No. 944PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cardozo
The appellees, complainants in the court below, have brought this suit against the appellant, the Comptroller of the State of Florida, to restrain the enforcement of a Florida statute for the levy and collection of stamp taxes upon the documents described in the bill of complaint.
Their contention has been and is that the statute, properly construed, does not apply to the transactions stated in the bill, and that, if so applied, it is in conflict with the due process and commerce provisions of the Constitution of the United States. Amendment XIV; Art. I, § 8.
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