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WEISSINGER v. BOSWELL

330 F.Supp. 615 (1971)

Susan Lee, Alan B., Lois and Andy WEISSINGER, minors, suing by and through their parent and next friend, A. B. Weissinger, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Charles A. BOSWELL, Commissioner of Revenue for the State of Alabama, and his successors in office, Defendant. (Formerly Hornbeak et al. v. Rabren).

United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, N. D.

June 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Hess, Matranga, Hess & Sullivan, Mobile, Ala., and Cooper, Mitch & Crawford, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Willard W. Livingston, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Ala., for defendant.

Before GODBOLD, Circuit Judge, and GROOMS and JOHNSON, District Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is a class action challenging the federal constitutional validity of Alabama's present ad valorem tax program. The crucial question presented in the case is whether the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment require the State of Alabama to assess all property within the state at a uniform ratio for ad valorem tax purposes.

Plaintiffs, all of whom are citizens of the United States and the State of Alabama, generally...

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