arbitrary classification
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 227 U.S. 477 - Bradley v. City of Richmond · 1913Most cited · 160 citing opinions
taxation
An ordinance which commits to a board, committee, or single official the power to make an arbitrary classification for purposes of taxation would meet neither the requirement of due process, nor that of the equal protection of the law.
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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “arbitrary classification” — 160 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.