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Civil Rights Cases 
, Case Summary
Oct. 15, 1883
, Case SummaryOct. 15, 1883
Civil Rights Cases In the last of the great Reconstruction statutes, the Civil Rights Act of 1875, the Republican majority in Congress tried to secure by law some semblance of racial equality that co . . .
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois , Case Summary
Oct. 25, 1886
, Case SummaryOct. 25, 1886
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois The Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company was charged with violating an Illinois statute prohibiting discrimination in the rates charged for . . .
Yick Wo v. Hopkins , Case Summary
May 10, 1886
, Case SummaryMay 10, 1886
Yick Wo v. Hopkins A San Francisco ordinance required a permit to operate a laundry in a wooden building. On its face the ordinance seemed like a legitimate fire protection measure. In practice, howe . . .