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'''Holding:''' Unapportioned income taxes on interest, dividends, and rents imposed by the Income Tax Act of 1894 are direct taxes, and are therefore unconstitutional.
'''Holding:''' Unapportioned income taxes on interest, dividends, and rents imposed by the Income Tax Act of 1894 are [[Constitution of the United States|direct taxes]], and are therefore unconstitutional.

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Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
Court U.S. Supreme Court
Citation 157 US 429 (1895)
Date decided April 8, 1895

Holding: Unapportioned income taxes on interest, dividends, and rents imposed by the Income Tax Act of 1894 are direct taxes, and are therefore unconstitutional.