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Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., 240 U.S. 1 (1916), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the validity of a tax statute called the Revenue Act of 1913, also known as the Tariff Act, Ch. 16, 38 Stat. 166 (October 3, 1913), enacted pursuant to Article I, section 8, clause 1 of, and the Sixteenth Amendment to, the United States Constitution, allowing a ...
Supreme Court of the United States 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444 Established March 4, 1789 ; 235 years ago (1789-03-04) Location Washington, D.C. Coordinates 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444 Composition method Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation Authorised by ...
Pages in category "1916 in United States case law" ... List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 242; A. American Well Works Co. v. Layne & Bowler Co. B.
Worried that this ruling would debilitate the Pure Food and Drug Act, it appealed again in 1916 to the Supreme Court. [1] This time it won, as the Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Charles Evans Hughes, ruled among other things that the original case had evidence both for and against caffeine being toxic, and that it should not have been ...
The U.S. Supreme Court in turn held that the state supreme court's decision did not amount to a "taking" of the shopping center under federal constitutional law. Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories (1980): [59] The Court imposed market share liability on the makers of fungible hazardous products. Thing v.
In 1926, the Supreme Court ruled governmental zoning to be constitutional in the case of the Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. Ambler Realty Co. Single-family zoning laws
Supreme Court of the United States Established March 4, 1789 ; 235 years ago (1789-03-04) Location Washington, D.C. Coordinates Composition method Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation Authorised by Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1 Judge term length life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal Number of positions 9 (by statute) Website supremecourt.gov This ...
Supreme Court of the United States Established March 4, 1789 ; 235 years ago (1789-03-04) Location Washington, D.C. Coordinates Composition method Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation Authorised by Constitution of the United States, Art. III, § 1 Judge term length life tenure, subject to impeachment and removal Number of positions 9 (by statute) Website supremecourt.gov This ...