...their constitutional power despite the fact that, in practice, their laws result in some inequality. A statutory discrimination will not be set aside if...facts reasonably may be conceived to justify it." See also Dandridge v. Williams, 397 US 471 (1970); Massachusetts Bd. of Retirement v. Murgia, 427 US...

...Accordingly, "[a] statutory discrimination will not be set aside as the denial of equal protection of the laws if any state of facts reasonably may be conceived to justify it." Metropolitan Cos. Ins. Co. v. Brownell, 294 US, at 584. But, as we have consistently held, this limitation...

...decisions. "A statutory discrimination will not be set aside as the denial of equal protection of the laws if any state of facts reasonably may be conceived to justify it." Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Co. v. Brownell, 294 U: S. 580, 584; East v. Van Demon & Lewis Co.,...

...Ed. 1264). A statutory discrimination will not be set aside as denial of equal protection of laws, if any state of facts reasonably may be conceived to justify it iMetropolitan Casually Insurance Co. of A'eio York v. Brownell, 204 US 580, 79 L. Ed. 1070). The "equal...

...Maryland, 366 US 420. That case was decided May 21, 1961. Only Justice Douglas dissented. Justices Black, Harlan, Brennan, and Stewart of those now on the Court...wrote for a majority of the Court in Gallagher v. Crown KosJier Super ^farket of Massachusetts, Inc., et al., 366 US 617, and in Two Guys from Harrison-AUentoicn....

...illogical, it may be, and unscientific." Metropolis Theatre Co. v. City of Chicago, 228 US 61, 69-70. "A statutory discrimination will not be set aside...facts reasonably may be conceived to justify it." McGowan v. Maryland, 366 US 420, 426. "Normally, a legislative classification will not be set aside...

...their constitutional power despite the fact that, in practice, their laws result in some inequality. A statutory discrimination will not be set aside if...facts reasonably may be conceived to justify it." 4 Pope v. WOliarru, 193 US 621; Lassiter v. Northampton Election Ed., 360 US 45, 51 ; Carrington v....

...illogical, it may be, and unscientific." Metropolis Theatre Co. v. City of Chicago, 228 US 61, 69-70. "A statutory discrimination will not be set aside...facts reasonably may be conceived to justify it." McGowan v. Maryland, 366 US 420, 426. To be sure, the cases cited, and many others enunciating this...

...in deciding whether such discrimination has been practiced by a State, it must be borne in mind that a statutory discrimination will not be set aside if...of facts reasonably may be conceived to justify it . . ,13 Neither the Baker case, nor any of the hundreds of federal and state court decisions which...

...between two classes was unconstitutional only if irrational, arbitrary, or capricious;28 it was sustained "if any state of facts reasonably may be conceived to justify it." " The formula left scope for judgment, but it also vested both initiative and discretion in the legislature...