Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Mullaney
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided March 21, 1950No. 6102-APublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOLTA, District Judge.
By Chapter 66, S.L.A.1949, the Territorial Legislature increased the license taxes on resident fishermen from $1 to $5 and on nonresident fishermen from $25 to $50. The $25 tax, imposed in 1933, Laws 1933, c. 30, when the pur- • chasing power of a dollar was more than double what it *649now is, was sustained in Anderson v. Smith, 9 Cir., 71 F.2d 493.
Plaintiffs seek to restrain the enforcement of this act, so far as it applies to nonresident fishermen, on the grounds that:(1) It contravenes the 14th amendment in that it discriminates against nonresidents;(2) That it conflicts…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Mullaney v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Territory of Alaska v. Arctic MaidDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1956