individualized benefits tax was assessed. The apparent conflict between the two cases is explained by Justice Holmes's observation that in Londoner, "a relatively small number of persons was concerned, who were exceptionally affected, in each case upon individual grounds..." In contrast, here the taxpayers in Denver are affected equally, and in large numbers, and it would be an impractical impediment to government to afford all of them individual hearings. Instead, "their rights are protected in the only way that they can be in a complex society, by their power, immediate or remote, over those who make the rule." In other words, there was no violation of the Fourteenth Amendment because the taxpayers of Denver retained the right to organize and vote. See also List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 239 References Further reading External links United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the White Court United States civil due process case law United States administrative case law 1915 in United States case law Property taxes History of Denver Legal history of Colorado