Legal Opinion
White Cleaners & Dyers v. Hughes
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided March 16, 1934No. 542PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWKINS, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, consisting of a number of corporations engaged in the laundry, dry cleaning, and dyeing business in Shreveport, have assailed certain provisions of the general license law of the state imposing occupation taxes (Act No. 190’ of 1982) in so far as it applies to their business, on the following grounds, to wit:(1) That under section 8 of article 10 of the Constitution of the state, those engaged in mechanical pursuits, such as petitioners, are exempt from license taxes, but section 26 of the act attempts to impose the tax upon their business, based on the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Flint v. Stone Tracy Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Quong Wing v. KirkendallSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Quaker City Cab Co. v. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Stebbins v. RileySupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Curtis Publishing Company v. Wallace Butts, Wallace Butts v. Curtis Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Butts v. Curtis Publishing CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1964
- Western Co. v. SheppardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
- Mount Tivy Winery, Inc. v. LewisDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1942
- Antilles Surveys, Inc. v. De JonghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
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