Court Opinion

ID: 9699934
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 20:59:11.595044+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:21:00.789249
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Edwards, J.
(concurring). Under the facts in this case as outlined in the findings of the circuit judge and the opinion of Justice Kavanagh, I believe that we should affirm the holding of the chancellor below:
“The disputed legislation goes far beyond the necessities of the case and deprives the plaintiff theaters of liberty and property without due process of law.”
Thus, I concur in the result reached by Mr. Justice Kavanagh and the reasons given therefor, except *350for that portion of his opinion which plants decision upon the ground of arbitrary and unconstitutional classification. The facts as established in this case appear to me to warrant the conclusion that the air-conditioning equipment of plaintiff theaters required such an extraordinarily large water usage as to support a legislative classification based thereon.
Smith and Souris, JJ., concurred with Edwards, J.