Positing that acceptance of the appellants' argument would render the Supreme Court a "perpetual censor upon all legislation of the states," Justice Miller's decision rendered meaningless the "privileges and immunities" clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Justice Field's dissent in this case sought to recognize "the right to pursue lawful employment in a lawful manner." In a seemingly illogical holding, the majority decision asserted that a clause which explicitly restrained states applied only to rights held in common against the federal government. Positing that acceptance of the appellants' argument would render the Supreme Court a "perpetual censor upon all legislation of the states," Justice Miller's decision rendered meaningless the "privileges and immunities" clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. FTP, identify this 1873 holding which declined to end the New Orleans butchers' monopoly.
Justice Field's dissent in this case sought to recognize "the right to pursue lawful employment in a lawful manner.
Slaughterhouse Cases [or The Butchers' Benevolent Association Of New Orleans v. The Crescent City Live-Stock Landing And Slaughter-House Company; or The Crescent City Live-Stock Landing And Slaughter-House Company v. The Butchers' Benevolent Association Of New Orleans]