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"Public Purpose" In Municipal Financing Plans, Anon
"Public Purpose" In Municipal Financing Plans, Anon
Washington Law Review
The City Commission of Deerfield Beach authorized issuance of municipal bonds pledged by certain excise taxes to purchase land on which a major league baseball training facility was to be built and maintained by the city. The facility was to be leased to and operated by a private corporation. Rental, payable to the city, was to be the annual debt service on the bonds plus fifty per cent of net profits in excess of prior years' losses. Validation of the proposed issuance was decreed by the circuit court. On a taxpayer's appeal, the Florida Supreme Court, in a four to …
Constitutionality Of Conviction Under Narcotics Possession Statute, Anon
Constitutionality Of Conviction Under Narcotics Possession Statute, Anon
Washington Law Review
Defendant was convicted of the felony of possession of a narcotic without a prescription, and was sentenced to serve a maximum term of twenty years. Defendant claimed that, on the same facts, the prosecutor could have charged the defendant with the gross misdemeanor of illegal use of narcotic drugs. Defendant argued that this vests discretion in the prosecutor to charge either a felony or a gross misdemeanor, and that this discretion is violative of the equal protection clauses of the Washington and United States constitutions. On appeal, the Washington Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. Held: The gross misdemeanor of illegal …
The Original Package—A Factor, Not A Test, Anon
The Original Package—A Factor, Not A Test, Anon
Washington Law Review
By invoking the import-export clause of the United States Constitution, plaintiff sought to enjoin the imposition of state personal property taxes upon unsold portions of imported shipments of greenheart pilings and timber. The lumber was stacked in plaintiff's storage yard, according to existing orders or length. Plaintiff contended that each piece of greenheart, bearing identification stamped at the point of origin of the shipment, constituted an original package and was therefore immune from state taxation. The trial court entered judgment for defendant tax officials on the ground that, when imports are inherently incapable of being packaged, the unit of transportation …