The privileges and immunities clause
It used the due process clause.
The Slaughterhouse Cases decision limited the scope of the 14th Amendment's Privileges or Immunities Clause, which weakened the impact of the Dred Scott decision that had denied rights and citizenship to African Americans. The Slaughterhouse Cases contributed to the narrowing interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which affected the legal rights of formerly enslaved individuals.
The Slaughterhouse cases of 1873 were brought by local butchers when the state of Louisiana granted a license to the Crescent Slaughterhouse Company that created a monopoly. The butchers sighted this action as a violation of their rights as outlined in the fourteenth amendment of the constitution by depriving them of the right to run slaughterhouses. They challenged the state was depriving them of the right to earn a living. The Supreme Court, however, ruled the Louisiana Action was constitutional since they could still earn a living just by remaining on Crescent City grounds.
The decisions showed that businesses have rights.
New Orleans
it showed that business have rights
The Fourteenth Amendment, which guaranteed citizenship and equal protection under the law, was designed to protect the rights of newly freed African Americans following the Civil War. Later, other groups, such as Mexican Americans and Asian Americans, cited the Fourteenth Amendment in important court cases to argue for their right to equal protection under the law.
the slaughterhouse cases
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The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) and U.S. v. Cruikshank (1876) significantly narrowed the scope of the 14th Amendment, particularly concerning its protections of individual rights against state infringement. In the Slaughterhouse Cases, the Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment's Privileges or Immunities Clause only protected a limited set of rights related to national citizenship, not state citizenship. Similarly, in Cruikshank, the Court held that the federal government could not protect citizens from private acts of violence, limiting the amendment's application to state actions. Together, these rulings weakened the federal government's ability to enforce civil rights, particularly for African Americans in the post-Reconstruction era.
The 1873 Slaughterhouse Cases primarily involved the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. These cases were significant in addressing the limits of the 14th Amendment and the rights of citizens. They arose from a dispute over a state-granted monopoly to a slaughterhouse company, which led to challenges regarding the protection of economic rights and the interpretation of federal versus state powers. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision ultimately narrowed the scope of the 14th Amendment's privileges and immunities clause.
The Slaughterhouse cases showed that businesses had rights. It also prevented businesses from creating monopolies. The case was heard in the Supreme Court in 1873.