Illustrative Cases on Constitutional LawWest Publishing Company, 1914 - 508 páginas |
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Página 45
... contracts of any description , to sue on those contracts , is given and measured by its charter , and that charter is a law of the United States . This being can acquire no right , make no contract , bring no suit , which is not ...
... contracts of any description , to sue on those contracts , is given and measured by its charter , and that charter is a law of the United States . This being can acquire no right , make no contract , bring no suit , which is not ...
Página 46
... contract and authorizes the suit , the same reasons exist with re- spect to a suit brought by the bank . That , too , is such a case ; because that suit , too , is itself authorized , and is brought on a con- tract authorized by a law ...
... contract and authorizes the suit , the same reasons exist with re- spect to a suit brought by the bank . That , too , is such a case ; because that suit , too , is itself authorized , and is brought on a con- tract authorized by a law ...
Página 51
... contract made by a state , they cannot wantonly be in- vaded . While the state cannot be compelled by suit to perform its contracts , any attempt on its part to violate property or rights acquired under its contracts may be judicially ...
... contract made by a state , they cannot wantonly be in- vaded . While the state cannot be compelled by suit to perform its contracts , any attempt on its part to violate property or rights acquired under its contracts may be judicially ...
Página 52
... contract and property , from which persons within the jurisdiction derive their rights . A suit presupposes that the defendants are subject to the law invoked . Of course it cannot be main- tained unless they are so . But that is not ...
... contract and property , from which persons within the jurisdiction derive their rights . A suit presupposes that the defendants are subject to the law invoked . Of course it cannot be main- tained unless they are so . But that is not ...
Página 54
... contract to which they are parties . The relief sought is against the defendants , not in their individual but in their representative capacity , as officers of the state of Virginia . The acts sought to be restrained are the bringing ...
... contract to which they are parties . The relief sought is against the defendants , not in their individual but in their representative capacity , as officers of the state of Virginia . The acts sought to be restrained are the bringing ...
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action affirmed applied assessment authority bank benefit bill of attainder character charter Circuit Court citizens clause color common law compensation Congress Const construction contract corporation Court of United decision declared defendant denied deprive dissenting due process duty easement effect eminent domain employés enacted enforce equal protection erty established ex post facto exclusive execution exercise existence fact fourteenth amendment franchise granted held immunities impairing the obligation imposed individual injury interest interstate commerce irrigation judgment judicial jurisdiction jury labor land lative legislation legislative power legislature liberty limits Louisiana means ment nature necessary object oleomargarine operation opinion owner persons plaintiff in error police power prescribed principle private property privileges process of law prohibition purpose question railroad reason regulation respect rule secured Stat statute street Supreme Court taxation Tennessee tion validity violation writ of error
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Página 139 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment.
Página 292 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Página 67 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Página 243 - And in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating 139 expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case.
Página 500 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Página 500 - To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations: 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water: 12. To raise and support armies; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years: 13. To provide and maintain a navy 14.
Página 244 - What the company is entitled to demand, in order that it may have just compensation, is a fair return upon the reasonable value of the property at the time it is being used for the public.
Página 500 - States: 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes: 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States: 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures: 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States: 7.
Página 113 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, is vested in congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the constitution of the United States.
Página 499 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.