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RAPID TRANSIT CORP. v. NEW YORK

No. 435.

303 U.S. 573 (1938)

58 S.Ct. 721

82 L.Ed. 1024

NEW YORK RAPID TRANSIT CORP. v. CITY OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 28, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Harold L. Warner and Paul D. Miller, with whom Messrs. George D. Yeomans, Andrew M. Williams, and Arthur A. Ballantine were on the briefs, for appellants.

Mr. Paxton Blair, with whom Messrs. William C. Chanler, Oscar S. Cox, and Sol Charles Levine were on the briefs, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question for decision is the constitutional validity of Local Laws of the City of New York (Local Law No. 21 of 1934, as amended by Local Law No. 2 of 1935, and extended by Local Law No. 30 of 1935) which provide, § 2, that "for the privilege of exercising its franchise or franchises, or of holding property, or of doing business in the City of New York" an excise...

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