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Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
Paul v. Virginia |
1869 |
Privileges & Immunities Clause does not apply to corporations, Commerce Clause does not apply to insurance policies |
Ex parte Yerger |
1869 |
habeas corpus case that became moot when Yerger was released before the court ruling; therefore not actually heard by the Supreme Court |
Texas v. White |
1869 |
constitutionality of state secession |
Ex parte McCardle |
1868 |
congressional power to limit Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction |
United States v. Kirby |
1868 |
construction of criminal statutes |
Georgia v. Stanton |
1867 |
power of the Court to rule on constitutionality of Reconstruction Acts; parameters of the Court's jurisdiction |
Crandall v. Nevada |
1868 |
Right to travel bars taxation of parties leaving a state |
Pervear v. Massachusetts |
1866 |
upholding harsh penalty for violation of state liquor laws, and declining to apply Eighth Amendment to the states |
Mississippi v. Johnson |
1867 |
power of the Supreme Court to constitutionally issue an injunction directed at the President |
Ex parte Garland |
1866 |
retroactive civil disability for former Confederate officers |
Ex parte Milligan |
1866 |
habeas corpus, military tribunals |
Prize Cases |
1863 |
presidential powers in wartime |