What is equal protection and what is the test for equal protection?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ortiz' Estate, In re, 303 N.Y.S.2d 806, 60 Misc.2d 756 (N.Y. Surr. Ct. 1969):
These provisions do not forbid unequal laws and do not require every law to be equally applicable to all persons (Barbier v. Connolly, 113 U.S. 27, 5 S.Ct. 357, 28 L.Ed. 923). Equal protection only requires that a statute operate equally upon all members of the group provided the group is defined reasonably--reasonably being measured in terms of a proper legislative purpose.
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