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Title

  • The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution considered : the right to pursue any lawful trade or avocation, without other restraint than such as equally affects all persons, is one of the privileges of citizens of the United States which can-not be abridged by state legislation : dissenting opinions of Mr. Justice Field, Mr. Justice Bradley, and Mr. Justice Swayne, of U.S. Supreme Court, in the New Orleans slaughter-house cases

Summary

  • This legal case probes the intent and scope of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The justices give a broad defense of individual civil rights as protected from infringement by state laws (the case involves business regulations in Louisiana, not race relations).

Names

  • Field, Stephen J. (Stephen Johnson), 1816-1899
  • Bradley, Joseph P., 1813-1892
  • Swayne, Noah Haynes, 1804-1884
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.?] : Chas. W. Gordon, Printer, 1873.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Constitution.--14th Amendment
  • -  Slaughtering and slaughter-houses--Law and legislation--Louisiana--New Orleans

Notes

  • -  LC copy has corrections in ink throughout the text.

Medium

  • 39 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. 23, no. 27

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91898523

Online Format

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Field, Stephen J, Joseph P Bradley, Noah Haynes Swayne, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution considered: the right to pursue any lawful trade or avocation, without other restraint than such as equally affects all persons, is one of the privileges of citizens of the United States which can-not be abridged by state legislation: dissenting opinions of Mr. Justice Field, Mr. Justice Bradley, and Mr. Justice Swayne, of U.S. Supreme Court, in the New Orleans slaughter-house cases. [Washington, D.C.?: Chas. W. Gordon, Printer, 1873] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/91898523/.

APA citation style:

Field, S. J., Bradley, J. P., Swayne, N. H. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1873) The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution considered: the right to pursue any lawful trade or avocation, without other restraint than such as equally affects all persons, is one of the privileges of citizens of the United States which can-not be abridged by state legislation: dissenting opinions of Mr. Justice Field, Mr. Justice Bradley, and Mr. Justice Swayne, of U.S. Supreme Court, in the New Orleans slaughter-house cases. [Washington, D.C.?: Chas. W. Gordon, Printer] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/91898523/.

MLA citation style:

Field, Stephen J, et al. The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution considered: the right to pursue any lawful trade or avocation, without other restraint than such as equally affects all persons, is one of the privileges of citizens of the United States which can-not be abridged by state legislation: dissenting opinions of Mr. Justice Field, Mr. Justice Bradley, and Mr. Justice Swayne, of U.S. Supreme Court, in the New Orleans slaughter-house cases. [Washington, D.C.?: Chas. W. Gordon, Printer, 1873] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/91898523/>.