Federal Decisions: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme, Circuit and District Courts of the United States, Volumen6Gilbert Book Company, 1885 |
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... facts of the case , it is so indicated by the use of the words STATEMENT OF FACTS at the beginning of the opinion . Where it is necessary to state the facts apart from the opinion , the statement is made as brief as possible , and is ...
... facts of the case , it is so indicated by the use of the words STATEMENT OF FACTS at the beginning of the opinion . Where it is necessary to state the facts apart from the opinion , the statement is made as brief as possible , and is ...
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... fact upon which the authority of a legislature to do an act is to depend , the fact that the legislature has exercised such authority carries with it the presumption that the fact had been ascertained , and that the legislature acted ...
... fact upon which the authority of a legislature to do an act is to depend , the fact that the legislature has exercised such authority carries with it the presumption that the fact had been ascertained , and that the legislature acted ...
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... facts alleged in the indictment . One of these facts is , that the United States is now engaged in a war for the suppression of a rebellion against the government by the people of certain states , aiming at the overthrow of the ...
... facts alleged in the indictment . One of these facts is , that the United States is now engaged in a war for the suppression of a rebellion against the government by the people of certain states , aiming at the overthrow of the ...
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... facts which throw light upon the views and intentions of the eminent patriots and statesmen to whom we are indebted ... fact , worthy of note , that there is not a word or phrase in the constitution of the United States which gives the ...
... facts which throw light upon the views and intentions of the eminent patriots and statesmen to whom we are indebted ... fact , worthy of note , that there is not a word or phrase in the constitution of the United States which gives the ...
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... fact , the governments thus recognized , in some im- portant respects , still exist . What has thus been said generally describes , with sufficient accuracy , the situation of Texas . A provisional governor of the state was appointed by ...
... fact , the governments thus recognized , in some im- portant respects , still exist . What has thus been said generally describes , with sufficient accuracy , the situation of Texas . A provisional governor of the state was appointed by ...
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Página 654 - Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, 196, 6 L. ed. 23, 70, where he said: "We are now arrived at the inquiry, What is this power? It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Página 539 - Those rivers must be regarded as public navigable rivers in law which are navigable in fact. And they are navigable in fact when they are used, or are susceptible of being used, in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade and travel are or may be conducted in the customary modes of trade and travel on water.
Página 159 - The result is a conviction that the states have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government.
Página 89 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Página 363 - We feel no hesitation in confining these expressions to those privileges and immunities which are, in their nature, fundamental; which belong, of right, to the citizens of all free governments; and which have, at all times, been enjoyed by the citizens of the several States which compose this Union, from the time of their becoming free, independent, and sovereign.
Página 612 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Página 539 - And they constitute navigable waters of the United States within the meaning of the acts of Congress, in contra-distinction from the navigable waters of the States, when they form in their ordinary condition by themselves, or by uniting with other waters, a continued highway over which commerce is or may be carried on with other States or foreign countries in the customary modes in which such commerce is conducted by water.
Página 454 - The general government, and the States, although both exist within the same territorial limits, are separate and distinct sovereignties, acting separately and independently of each other, within their respective spheres. The former in its appropriate sphere is supreme; but the States within the limits of their powers not granted, or, in the language of the Tenth Amendment, "reserved," are as independent of the general government as that government within its sphere is independent of the States.
Página 349 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Página 447 - The constitutional provision, therefore, must mean that no agency of the state, or of the officers or agents by whom its powers are exerted, shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Whoever, by virtue of public position under a state government, deprives another of property, life or liberty without due process of law, or denies or takes away the equal protection of the laws, violates the constitutional inhibition; and as he acts in the name and for the state,...