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SMALLWOOD v. GALLARDO

Nos. 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216.

275 U.S. 56 (1927)

48 S.Ct. 23

72 L.Ed. 152

SMALLWOOD ET AL. v. GALLARDO, TREASURER OF PORTO RICO. ORDONEZ ET AL. v. SAME. INSULAR MOTOR CORPORATION v. SAME. VALDES ET AL. v. SAME. FINLAY, WAYMOUTH & LEE, INC. v. SAME. PORTILLA ET AL. v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 24, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis G. Caffey for petitioners in Nos. 211, 212 and 213.

Mr. Carroll G. Walter for petitioners in Nos. 214, 215 and 216.

Mr. William Cattron Rigby, with whom Mr. George C. Butte, Attorney General of Porto Rico, was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

These are suits brought in the District Court of the United States for Porto Rico to restrain the collection of taxes imposed by the laws of Porto Rico. On January 7, 1927, the Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed decrees of the District Court dismissing the bills. On March 4, 1927, by c. 503, § 7, of the Act of that year, Congress provided that § 48 of the Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico...

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