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THOMPSON v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

No. 160.

209 U.S. 340 (1908)

28 S.Ct. 533

52 L.Ed. 822

THOMPSON v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1908.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.B. Thompson, with whom Mr. Phil B. Thompson, Junior, was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John W. Ray, with whom Mr. N.B. Hays was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Court of Appeals of Kentucky opened its opinion in this case by saying that the whole question presented was whether the statute of the State, "imposing a tax on distilled spirits in bonded warehouses," violated the Federal Constitution, and particularly the Fourteenth Amendment thereof. It was also said that the validity of the statutes under the constitution of the...

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