BETTS v. ZELLER


263 A.2d 290 (1970)

Evelyn W. BETTS, Plaintiff Below, v. James R. ZELLER, Director of Finance, Department of Finance, City of Wilmington, Maurice F. Williams, City Treasurer, City of Wilmington, and the City of Wilmington, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendants Below.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

January 26, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Alsentzer, Jr., Wilmington, for plaintiff below.

Clement C. Wood and Carl Goldstein, Asst. City Solicitors, Wilmington, for defendants below.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.


HERRMANN, Justice.

This Court accepted certification1 by the Court of Chancery of certain questions regarding the constitutionality of the Earned Income Tax Code of Wilmington, enacted in June 1969. The certification arises in an action by which the plaintiff, a taxpayer having an income in excess of $6,000. per annum subject to the tax, seeks on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated...

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