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Santa Clara Co. v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co.
[118 U.S. 394]
Waite Court,  Decided 9-0,  5/10/1886


Court was asked to interpret "persons" in 14th as including corporate "persons", extending property rights to corporations. Court acceded.

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Other decisions pertaining to 14th Amendment:

Barrows v. Jackson    [346 U.S. 249 (1905)]  Warren Court
Bernel v. Fainter    [104 S.Ct. 2312 (1984) (1905)]  Burger Court
Brown v. Board of Education    [349 U.S. 294 (1955)]  Warren Court
Brown v. Mississippi    [297 U.S. 278 (1936)]  Hughes Court
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co. v. Minnesota    [134 U.S. 418 (1890)]  Fuller Court
Civil Rights Cases    [109 U.S. 3 (1883)]  Waite Court
Craig v. Boren    [429 U.S. 190 (1976)]  Burger Court
Goesaert v. Cleary    [335 U.S. 464 (1905)]  Vinson Court
Griggs v. Duke Power    [401 U.S. 424 (1971)]  Burger Court
Griswold v. Connecticut    [381 U.S. 479 (1965)]  Warren Court
Grovey v. Townsend    [295 U.S. 45 (1935)]  Hughes Court
H.L. v. Matheson    [450 U.S. 398 (1905)]  Burger Court
Hammer v. Dagenhart    [247 U.S. 251 (1918)]  White Court
Holden v. Hardy    [169 U.S. 366 (1898)]  Fuller Court
Hoyt v. Florida    [368 U.S. 57 (1961)]  Warren Court
Hurtado v. California    [110 U.S. 516 (1884)]  Waite Court
Katzenbach v. Morgan    [384 U.S. 641 (1966)]  Warren Court
Lochner v. New York    [198 U.S. 45 (1905)]  Fuller Court
Meyer v. Nebraska    [262 U.S. 390 (1923)]  Taft Court
Muller v. Oregon    [208 U.S. 412 (1908)]  Fuller Court
Munn v. Illinois    [94 U.S. 113 (1877)]  Waite Court
Palko v. Connecticut    [302 U.S. 319 (1937)]  Hughes Court
Planned Parenhood of Central Missouri v. Danforth    [428 U.S. 52 (1905)]  Burger Court
Plessy v. Ferguson    [163 U.S. 537 (1896)]  Fuller Court
Powell v. Alabama    [287 U.S. 45 (1932)]  Hughes Court
Presser v. Illinois    [116 U.S. 252 (1886)]  Waite Court
Reynolds v. Sims    [377 U.S. 533 (1964)]  Warren Court
Shelly v. Kraemer    [334 U.S. 1 (1948)]  Vinson Court
Skinner v. Oklahoma    [316 U.S. 535 (1942)]  Stone Court
Slaughterhouse Cases    [83 U.S. 36 (1873)]  Chase Court
South Carolina v. Katzenbach    [383 U.S. 301 (1966)]  Warren Court
Southern Railway Co. v. United States    [222 U.S. 20 (1905)]  White Court
Tinker v. Des Moines    [393 U.S. 503 (1969)]  Warren Court
United States v. Cruikshank    [92 U.S. 542 (1876)]  Waite Court
United States v. Wong Kim Ark    [169 U.S. 649 (1898)]  Fuller Court

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