Thus in the Slaughter house cases (1873) 16 Wallace 36 and III J Hunn v. Illinois the court was prepared only to accept the procedural interpretations of Due Process and was not prepared to "Constitute the Court as a perpetual censor upon all legislation of the States, on the civil rights of their own citizens, with authority to nullify such as it did not approve as consistent with those rights". The facts of these cases may be noted to be as under:
The slaughter house cases (1873) 16 Wallace 36 - The meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment was first considered by the Supreme Court in the Slaughterhouse cases. The Legislature of Louisiana enacted a law whereby it created a corporation. The Crescent City livestock landing and Slaughter house Company,
The slaughter house cases (1873) 16 Wallace 36 - The meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment was first considered by the Supreme Court in the Slaughterhouse cases. The Legislature of Louisiana enacted a law whereby it created a corporation. The Crescent City livestock landing and Slaughter house Company,