- Federal Rights Only
- Slaughterhouse Cases
- Miller, S. Ct. 1873
- Facts: To fight cholera outbreaks, New Orleans passed a law giving monopoly on slaughterhouse activities to the company Crescent City. Slaughterhouses sued for their 14 amendment "privileges and immunities."
- Holding: The "privileges and immunities" clause only covers Federally-guaranteed rights, not state-guaranteed rights.
- Only State Actors
- Civil Rights Cases (1883) (only state actors)
- All state actors (incorporation)
- Incorporated provisions
- Unincorporated provisions
- 3rd Amendment (quartering)
- 5th Amend. Grand jury clause
- 7th Amendment (jury trial)
- 8th Amendment, all except "cruel and unusual"
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Scope of 14th Amendment
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment