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Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. City of Youngstown
Ohio Court of Appeals (1951) | 108 N.E.2d 571; 91 Ohio App. 431; 49 Ohio Op. 31; 1951 Ohio App. LEXIS 630
TL;DR: An Ohio court invalidated municipal income tax ordinances that taxed corporations at a higher rate than individuals or taxed corporations exclusively. The court held this differential treatment violated the Equal Protection Clause by creating an arbitrary classification based solely on the taxpayer's corporate status.
Legal Significance: This case applies the U.S. Supreme Court's *Quaker City Cab* precedent to invalidate municipal income taxes that differentiate rates based on corporate status, affirming that such classifications are arbitrary and violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and equivalent state constitutional provisions.