reasonable classification
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From 205 U.S. 34 - Nicholas Halter v. State of Nebraska · 1907Most cited · 231 citing opinions
A state may, consistently with the 14th Amendment, make a classification among its people based 'upon some reasonable ground,—some difference which bears a just and proper relation to the attempted classification, and is not a mere arbitrary selection.