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Slaughter-House Cases
Citation:
83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 36 (1873)Facts
The statute at issue was passed in 1869 and was entitled “An act to protect the health of the city of New Orleans, to locate the stock-landings and slaughter-houses, and to incorporate the Crescent City Live-Stock Landing and Slaughter-House Company.” The statute states that the company shall have the sole and exclusive privilege of conducting and carrying on the live-stock landing and slaughter-house business within the limits and privilege granted by the act, and that all such animals shall be landed at the stock-landings and slaughtered at the slaughter-houses of the company and prices fixed for the maximum charges of the company. The statute makes it the duty of the company to permit anyone to slaughter animals in their slaughter-houses under a heavy penalty for each refusal. This statute was criticizes as creating a monopoly and depriving a large and meritorious class of citizens of the right to exercise their trade.
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