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equal protection classification test

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From 281 U.S. 146 - Ohio Oil Co. v. Conway · 1930Most cited · 317 citing opinions

the classification 'must rest upon some ground of difference having a fair and substantial relation to the object of the legislation, so that all persons similarly circumstanced shall be treated alike.