For 10 points, name this Supreme Court ruling which essentially made meaningless the "privileges and immunities" clause, an 1873 decision arising from a grant of monopoly to various New Orleans butchers.
The majority in this case cited the recent decisions of Paul v. Virginia and Ward v. Maryland. Justice Field's dissent from the majority ruling in this Supreme Court case said that the right to pursue a "legitimate occupation" was a common-law tradition. The majority holding was rooted in what the opinion called the "one pervading purpose" of the Fourteenth Amendment, which was to protect the equality of blacks. Thus, the federal government could not intervene against a state to protect the property rights of a business. For 10 points, name this Supreme Court ruling which essentially made meaningless the "privileges and immunities" clause, an 1873 decision arising from a grant of monopoly to various New Orleans butchers.
The majority in this case cited the recent decisions of Paul v. Virginia and Ward v. Maryland.
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