uniformity
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 282 U.S. 101 - Poe v. Seaborn · 1930Most cited · 1,042 citing opinions
constitutional
the constitutional requirement of uniformity is not intrinsic, but geographic
How often courts cite the cases defining “uniformity”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “uniformity” — 1,461 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases 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.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1930–1945
The uniformity in excise taxes exacted by the Constitution is geographical uniformity, not uniformity of intrinsic equality and operation. The Constitution does not command that a tax 'have an equal effect in each state'. It has long been settled that within the meaning of the uniformity requirement a 'tax is uniform when it operates with the same force and effect in every place where the subject of it is found.
constitutional requirement for excises