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NEWARK v. NEW JERSEY

No. 469.

262 U.S. 192 (1923)

43 S.Ct. 539

67 L.Ed. 943

CITY OF NEWARK v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 7, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George W. Wickersham, with whom Mr. Jerome T. Congleton was on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. William Newcorn, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Mr. Thomas F. McCran, Attorney General, of the State of New Jersey, was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The State of New Jersey recovered judgment against the City of Newark for $18,104.08 and costs, in an action brought in the State Supreme Court. The judgment was affirmed by the Court of Errors and Appeals, and the case is here on writ of error. It is based on a state enactment which is attacked on the sole ground that it violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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