Legal Opinion

Seton Hall College v. Village of South Orange

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 4, 1916No. 74PublishedCited by 16 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP NEW JERSEY. The ease is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day

This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of New Jersey, seeking to reverse a judgment of that court, which judgment was affirmed-by the Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey (86 N. J. L. 365) and the record remitted to the Supreme Court. The case involves the validity of a tax levied by the assessor of the Village of South Orange, for the year 1911, the contention being that the act of the legislature of New Jersey of March 16th, 1870, hereinafter referred to, constituted a contract which could not be repealed by subsequent legislation without doing violence to the. contract clause'…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. New Jersey v. YardSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. v. Railroad CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. University v. PeopleSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  4. Home of the Friendless v. RouseSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  5. Phoenix Fire & Marine Insurance v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1896

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Phelps v. Board of Ed. of West New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Roberts & Schaefer Co. v. EmmersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. Shelton College v. State Board of EducationSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1967
  4. Trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy v. ExeterSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1940
  5. Harper v. EnglandSupreme Court of Florida · 1936

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