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STATE EX REL. DISTILLED SPIRITS INST. v. KINNEAR

No. 42045.

80 Wn.2d 175 (1972)

492 P.2d 1012

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Distilled Spirits Institute, Inc, et al., Petitioners, v. GEORGE KINNEAR et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald F. Collier, for petitioners.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, Philip H. Austin, Deputy, Timothy R. Malone, and Arthur F. Mickey, Assistants, for respondents.

ROSELLINI, J.

This is a taxpayer's suit1 to test the constitutionality of Laws of 1971, 1st Ex. Ses., ch. 299, § 9, increasing the amount of excise tax imposed upon the sale of certain intoxicating liquors. A writ of mandamus is sought to restrain the collection of the tax.

The first ground of attack which we will consider is that the act violates article 2, section 19, of the Washington State Constitution, which provides...

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