Hylton V. United States
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| Date decided | 1796 |
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| Ruling court | Supreme Court of the United States |
| Prior | Defendant convicted, Circuit Court for the District of Virginia |
| Citations | U. S. |
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| ID | 1126969 |
About Hylton V. United States
Hylton v. United States, 3 U. S. 171, is an early United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a yearly tax on carriages did not violate the Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 requirements for the apportioning of direct taxes.