Passenger Cases in the United States

Passenger Cases 7 Howard 283 (1849)

United States Constitution

According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 245 PASSENGER CASES 7 Howard 283 (1849) Two states imposed a tax on the masters of vessels for each alien passenger they landed in the country. By a 5_4 vote, the Supreme Court held the state acts unconstitutional. Each of the Justices in the majority wrote an opinion, and none spoke for the Court.
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