Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co.
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Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co.
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Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company, 118 U.S. 394 (1886), is a corporate law case of the United States Supreme Court concerning taxation of railroad properties. The case is most notable for a headnote stating that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment grants constitutional protections to corporations. The case arose when several railroads refused to follow a California state law that gave less favorable tax treatment to some assets owned by corporations as c
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1886 United States Supreme Court case
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