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|subject=Constitutional Law | |subject=Constitutional Law | ||
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|facts=Unregulated butchers had contaminated the Mississippi River for years, thereby, causing regular cholera outbreaks. | |facts=Unregulated butchers had contaminated the Mississippi River for years, thereby, causing regular cholera outbreaks. | ||
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400 butchers lost their jobs & formed the '''Butchers' Benevolent Assn. of New Orleans''' ("Butchers"). | 400 butchers lost their jobs & formed the '''Butchers' Benevolent Assn. of New Orleans''' ("Butchers"). | ||
|procedural_history="Butchers" sued the "Company" claiming that the Louisiana monopoly grant to the Company created an involuntary servitude in violation of the [[13th Amendment]]. | |procedural_history="Butchers" sued the "Company" claiming that the Louisiana monopoly grant to the Company created an involuntary servitude in violation of the [[13th Amendment]]. | ||
The state trial court found in favor of the Company. | |||
|issues=Whether the state grant of a monopoly violates the US Constitution by creating involuntary servitude, or denying due process? | |issues=Whether the state grant of a monopoly violates the US Constitution by creating involuntary servitude, or denying due process? | ||
Do the 13th & [[14th Amendment]] protect an American citizen's right to carry out a chosen occupation? | |||
|holding=No. The 13th & 14th Amendments don't protect an American citizen's right to carry out a chosen occupation. | |||
The monopoly is valid. The state of Louisiana has the authority to regulate public health & internal commerce. | |||
§ 1 of the 14th Amendment defines (1) federal & (2) <span style="background:orange">state citizenship</span>s. The "Privileges & Immunities Clause" thereof protects ''federal'' citizenship--not "privileges & immunities" of <span style="background:orange">state citizenship</span>. According to SCOTUS, the "privileges & immunities clause" pertains to federal citizenship such as the right to travel to a seat of a different state government, transact business in other states, free access to seaports, land offices, & courts of justice. Lastly, American citizens may seek protects of the federal government while on the high seas or within foreign jurisdictions. | |||
|rule=The privileges and immunities relied on in the argument are those which belong to citizens of the States as such, and that they are left to the State governments for security and protection, and not by this article placed under the special care of the Federal government. | |rule=The privileges and immunities relied on in the argument are those which belong to citizens of the States as such, and that they are left to the State governments for security and protection, and not by this article placed under the special care of the Federal government. | ||
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|link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/slaughter-house-cases-butchers-benevolent-assn-of-new-orleans-v-crescent-city-livestock-landing-slaughter-house-co | |link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/slaughter-house-cases-butchers-benevolent-assn-of-new-orleans-v-crescent-city-livestock-landing-slaughter-house-co | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:44, July 14, 2023
| Slaughter-House Cases | |
| Court | Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Citation | 83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 36 (1873) |
| Date decided | April 14, 1873 |
| Appealed from | Louisiana Supreme Court |
Facts
Unregulated butchers had contaminated the Mississippi River for years, thereby, causing regular cholera outbreaks.
The Louisiana legislature gave a 25-year monopoly in the livestock landing and slaughterhouse business to Crescent City Livestock company ("Company"). The law required that the company allow any person to slaughter animals in the slaughterhouse for a fixed fee. Several butchers brought suit challenging the monopoly.
400 butchers lost their jobs & formed the Butchers' Benevolent Assn. of New Orleans ("Butchers").Procedural History
"Butchers" sued the "Company" claiming that the Louisiana monopoly grant to the Company created an involuntary servitude in violation of the 13th Amendment.
The state trial court found in favor of the Company.Issues
Whether the state grant of a monopoly violates the US Constitution by creating involuntary servitude, or denying due process?
Do the 13th & 14th Amendment protect an American citizen's right to carry out a chosen occupation?Holding
No. The 13th & 14th Amendments don't protect an American citizen's right to carry out a chosen occupation.
The monopoly is valid. The state of Louisiana has the authority to regulate public health & internal commerce.
§ 1 of the 14th Amendment defines (1) federal & (2) state citizenships. The "Privileges & Immunities Clause" thereof protects federal citizenship--not "privileges & immunities" of state citizenship. According to SCOTUS, the "privileges & immunities clause" pertains to federal citizenship such as the right to travel to a seat of a different state government, transact business in other states, free access to seaports, land offices, & courts of justice. Lastly, American citizens may seek protects of the federal government while on the high seas or within foreign jurisdictions.Rule
The privileges and immunities relied on in the argument are those which belong to citizens of the States as such, and that they are left to the State governments for security and protection, and not by this article placed under the special care of the Federal government.
