Slaughter-House Cases
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The Slaughter-House Cases, 83 U.S. 36, is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that ruled that the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Cons
Matthew H. Carpenter, the lawyer who argued for Louisiana
John Archibald Campbell, the lawyer who argued for the butchers
Justice Samuel Freeman Miller, the author of the majority opinion in the Slaughter-House Cases
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Samuel Freeman Miller
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Samuel Freeman Miller was an American lawyer and physician who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1862 until his death in 1890 and who authored landmark opinions in United S
Slaughter-House Cases
…butchers argued that the amendment protected their right to "sustain their lives through labor". In the majority opinion written by Associate Justice Samuel Freeman Miller, the Court held to a narrower interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment than the plaintiffs urged, ruling that it did not restrict the police powers…
Miller's house in Keokuk
Miller's church in Keokuk
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