DOOLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 207.

183 U.S. 151 (1901)

DOOLEY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 2, 1901.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry M. Ward and Mr. John G. Carlisle for plaintiff in error. Mr. Edmund Curtis was on their brief.

Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case raises the question of the constitutionality of the Foraker act, so far as it fixes the duties to be paid upon merchandise imported into Porto Rico from the port of New York. The validity of this requirement is attacked upon the ground of its violation of that clause of the Constitution (Art. I, sec. 9) declaring that "no tax or duty...

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