Legal Opinion
Dooley v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 9, 1963No. Calendar 53, 54, Docket 49,973, 49,954PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSouris, J.
By today’s decision we uphold the validity of Detroit’s income tax ordinance. 1 The only other city in Michigan which previously had attempted to raise revenues for municipal purposes by taxing incomes was Saginaw, whose submission to electors of a proposal authorizing an income tax was declared invalid by this Court in 1952 in House v. City of Saginaw, 334 Mich 241, for failure of compliance with procedural requirements. The issues presented to us in this appeal are, therefore, issues of first impression.
In 1962, by ordinance adopted by its city council and approved by its mayor, Detroit…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Brushaber v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Shaffer v. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Lawrence v. State Tax Comm'n of Miss.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Walters v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by23 opinions
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