Facts:
Louisiana legislature gave a monopoly of livestock landing and the slaughterhouse business due to a surplus of cattle in Texas. The law required that the Crescent City Live-Stock Landing and Slaughter-House Company allow any person to slaughter animals in the slaughterhouse for a fixed fee. Butchers sought out a suit to challenge the monopoly, stating that the state law violated their right to practice their trade.
Procedural History:
Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment declares: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of the citizens of the United States [p. 524]”.
Issues:
Does the privileges and immunities clause found in the Bill of Rights Fourteenth Amendment
Louisiana legislature gave a monopoly of livestock landing and the slaughterhouse business due to a surplus of cattle in Texas. The law required that the Crescent City Live-Stock Landing and Slaughter-House Company allow any person to slaughter animals in the slaughterhouse for a fixed fee. Butchers sought out a suit to challenge the monopoly, stating that the state law violated their right to practice their trade.
Procedural History:
Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment declares: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of the citizens of the United States [p. 524]”.
Issues:
Does the privileges and immunities clause found in the Bill of Rights Fourteenth Amendment