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Cox v. Texas, 202 U.S. 446 (1906)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Cox v. Texas, 202 U.S. 446 (1906)
Cox v. Texas Nos. 266 , 267 Argued April 27, 1906 Decided May 21, 1906 202 U.S. 446
ERROR TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS FOR THE THIRD
SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
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The provisions in the liquor tax law of 1895 of Texas in regard to the sale of liquor to minors, and the liability of the licensee on the bond required to be given in regard thereto, are not unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because, by the terms of the statute, they do not apply to wines produced from grapes grown in the state while in the hands of the producers or manufacturers thereof, it not appearing that there are any distinct classes of liquor dealers, one selling their own domestic wines and another selling all intoxicants except domestic wines. Connolly v. Union Sewer Pipe Co., 184 U.S. 540, distinguished.
Where the constitutionality of a state statute is assailed in the state court solely on the ground of its conflict with one specified provision of the Fourteenth Amendment, and that Amendment, standing alone, does not touch the case, other provisions of the Constitution cannot be invoked in this Court to give those set up a more extensive application.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Cox v. Texas, 202 U.S. 446 (1906) in 202 U.S. 446 202 U.S. 448. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7UUAKQL5SXPYZ6D.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Cox v. Texas, 202 U.S. 446 (1906), in 202 U.S. 446, page 202 U.S. 448. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7UUAKQL5SXPYZ6D.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Cox v. Texas, 202 U.S. 446 (1906). cited in 1906, 202 U.S. 446, pp.202 U.S. 448. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7UUAKQL5SXPYZ6D.
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