Gill v. Bartlett’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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1. ““Tlie imposition of a tax imposed by a government is a burden upon private interests laid upon private property under the necessary exercise of an arbitrary power, and because of the character of the power exercised, the rule is universal that, when the question arises whether given property should be held subject to the burden, the taxing power must make it clear that the statute was intended to cover the property in question.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex parte White