Foley v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.

How courts have described this case

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• affirming punishment of disenfranchisement on conviction of dueling, rejecting challenge on cruel and unusual punishments grounds (con’t.
• affirming punishment of disenfranchisement on conviction of dueling, rejecting challenge on cruel and unusual punishments grounds (con‘t.
• “[I]t was altogether discretionary in the legislature to extend [the punishment of disenfranchisement] to other offences.”
• ―[I]t was altogether discretionary in the legislature to extend [the punishment of disenfranchisement] to other offences.‖
• “The law has settled what crimes are infamous; they are treason, felony, and every species of the crimen falsi, such as perjury, conspiracy and barratry.”
• “The law has settled what crimes are infamous; they are treason, felony, and every species of the crimen falsi, such as perjury, conspiracy and barratry.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).