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· 4/13/1891

Natal v. Louisiana

Citations

  • 139 U.S. 621
  • 11 S. Ct. 636
  • 35 L. Ed. 288
  • 1891 U.S. LEXIS 2416

Syllabus

<p>An ordinance passed by tbe city of New Orleans, under authority conferred by the legislature of Louisiana, prohibiting the keeping of any private market within six squares of any public market of the city, under penalty of being sentenced, upon conviction before'a magistrate, to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars, and to be imprisoned for not more than thirty days if the fine is not paid, does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.</p>

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  • Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

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Judges: Gray

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