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5 Puerto Rico opinions name it 1 courts 1932–1989 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Puerto Rico courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Sunday Lake Iron Co. v. Township of Wakefieldgreen1 sentence1989En Sunday Lake Iron Co. v. Wakefield, 247 U.S. 350, 352 (1918), expresó el Tribunal Supremo federal que “[t]he purpose of.the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is to secure every person within the State’s jurisdiction against intentional and arbitrary discrimination, whether occasioned by express terms of a statute or by its improper execution through duly constituted agents”. | 1 | 1 |
Anderson v. Mullaney, Commissioner of Taxation of Territory of Alaskagreen1 sentence1954And the privileges and immunities clause establishes a more precise and more exacting test than the due process or equal protection clause., See Anderson v. Mullaney, 191 F.2d 123, 132-34 (C.A. 9, 1951), affirmed in Mullaney v. Anderson, supra. It is true, as pointed out in Toomer v. Witsell, supra, at p. 396 that the “privileges and immunities clause is not an absolute”, and at p. 399 that nonresidents may be charged “a differential which would merely compensate the State for any added enforcement burden they may impose ..But the Toomer case also indicates that the privileges and immunities c | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Puerto Rico. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co.
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2 sentences1970The rules for determining whether there has been a denial of the equal protection of the laws were set down by Mr. Justice Van Devanter, in Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co., 220 U.S. 61 (1911), as follows: (1) The equal-protection clause of the 14th Amendment does not take from the state the power to classify in the adoption of police laws, but admits of the exercise of a wide scope of discretion in that regard, and avoids what is done only when it is without any reasonable basis, and therefore is purely arbitrary. (2) A classification having some reasonable basis does not offend against t 1947Ed. 590 , 125 A.L.R. 1383 . ’’ In Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co., 220 U. S. 61, 78 , the rules established by the United States Supreme Court to determine whether a law is contrary to the equal protection clause of the Constitution are fully set forth and, although we cited them in People v. Avilés, 54 P.R.R. 257 , 266, it seems advisable to cite them again. | 2 | 1947–1970 |
Wayte v. United States
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1 sentence1989Véanse, además: Truax v. Corrigan, 257 U.S. 312 (1921); Oyler v. Boles, 368 U.S. 448 (1962); Carter v. Jury Commission, 396 U.S. 320 (1970); Wayte v. United States, 470 U.S. 598 (1985). | 1 | 1989–1989 |
Truax v. Corrigan
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1 sentence1989Véanse, además: Truax v. Corrigan, 257 U.S. 312 (1921); Oyler v. Boles, 368 U.S. 448 (1962); Carter v. Jury Commission, 396 U.S. 320 (1970); Wayte v. United States, 470 U.S. 598 (1985). | 1 | 1989–1989 |
Oyler v. Boles
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1 sentence1989Véanse, además: Truax v. Corrigan, 257 U.S. 312 (1921); Oyler v. Boles, 368 U.S. 448 (1962); Carter v. Jury Commission, 396 U.S. 320 (1970); Wayte v. United States, 470 U.S. 598 (1985). | 1 | 1989–1989 |
Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene Cty.
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1 sentence1989Véanse, además: Truax v. Corrigan, 257 U.S. 312 (1921); Oyler v. Boles, 368 U.S. 448 (1962); Carter v. Jury Commission, 396 U.S. 320 (1970); Wayte v. United States, 470 U.S. 598 (1985). | 1 | 1989–1989 |
Toomer v. Witsell
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1 sentence1954And the privileges and immunities clause establishes a more precise and more exacting test than the due process or equal protection clause., See Anderson v. Mullaney, 191 F.2d 123, 132-34 (C.A. 9, 1951), affirmed in Mullaney v. Anderson, supra. It is true, as pointed out in Toomer v. Witsell, supra, at p. 396 that the “privileges and immunities clause is not an absolute”, and at p. 399 that nonresidents may be charged “a differential which would merely compensate the State for any added enforcement burden they may impose ..But the Toomer case also indicates that the privileges and immunities c | 1 | 1954–1954 |
Madden v. Kentucky Ex Rel. Commissioner
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1 sentence1947Ed. 590 , 125 A.L.R. 1383 . ’’ In Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co., 220 U. S. 61, 78 , the rules established by the United States Supreme Court to determine whether a law is contrary to the equal protection clause of the Constitution are fully set forth and, although we cited them in People v. Avilés, 54 P.R.R. 257 , 266, it seems advisable to cite them again. | 1 | 1947–1947 |
Walling v. Michigan
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1 sentence1932Walling v. Michigan, 116 U. S. 446 .” It concluded by saying: “The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico in this case held that the act of 1928 was an inspection law, but discriminated against dealers in foreign coffee in favor of those dealing in Puerto Rican coffee and was invalid as in violation of the equal protection clause of the Organic Act (section 2, as amended [48 USCA sec. 737] and the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, and also as contravening the commerce clause by imposing an undue burden upon interstate and foreign commerce. | 1 | 1932–1932 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.