Slaughter-House Cases 1873
Did a Louisiana slaughterhouse monopoly violate the Fourteenth Amendment rights of excluded butchers?
83 U.S. 36 (1873)Equal protection
- The question
- Did a Louisiana slaughterhouse monopoly violate the Fourteenth Amendment rights of excluded butchers?
- What the Court held
- No. The Privileges or Immunities Clause protects only rights of national citizenship, a narrow set, leaving most civil rights to the states.
- The vote
- 5–4
- Read the opinion
- 83 U.S. 36 (1873), full text
This page summarizes the Court’s judgment in neutral terms. The opinion, concurrences and dissents are the authority; read them for the reasoning.