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(1841) United States v. The Amistad
Decided March 9, 1841 MR. JUSTICE STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is the case of an appeal...
(1842) Prigg v. Pennsylvania
March 1, 1842, Decided OPINION: Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a writ of error...
(1857) Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott v. Sandford, United States Supreme Court, 1857 (This text has been edited. The original decision is over 200...
(1865) Reconstruction Amendments, 1865-1870
Amendments 13-15 are called the Reconstruction Amendments both because they were the first enacted right after the Civil War and...
(1873) The Slaughter House Cases
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE CASES.; THE BUTCHERS’ BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW ORLEANS v. THE CRESCENT CITY LIVE-STOCK LANDING AND SLAUGHTER-HOUSE COMPANY.; PAUL ESTEBEN,...
(1875) Civil Rights Act of 1875
Whereas, it is essential to just government we recognize the equality of all men before the law, and hold that...
(1877) Hall v. DeCuir
January 14, 1878, Decided; OCTOBER, 1877 Term MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. For the purposes...
(1880) Strauder v. West Virginia
March 1, 1880, Decided; OCTOBER, 1879 Term MR. JUSTICE STRONG delivered the opinion of the court. The plaintiff in error,...
(1883) The Civil Rights Cases
ON CERTIFICATE OF DIVISION FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS Argued: — Decided:...
(1896) Plessy v. Ferguson
Mr. Justice BROWN, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court. This case turns...
(1898) Williams v. Mississippi
Submitted March 18, 1898. Decided April 25, 1898. PRIOR HISTORY: ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI....
(1917) Buchanan v. Warley
Primary Documents: Buchanan v. Warley (1917) Argued April 10, 11, 1916 Reargued April 27, 1917 November 5, 1917 MR. JUSTICE...
