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Bradwell v. Illinois CQP Key Case, Case Summary
Apr. 15, 1873

Bradwell v. Illinois Myra Bradwell studied law with her husband, James B. Bradwell, who was an attorney and the publisher of the Chicago Legal News, one of the most important legal publications in th . . .

Ex parte McCardle CQP Key Case, Case Summary
Apr. 12, 1869

Ex parte McCardle In 1867 military authorities in Vicksburg, Mississippi, arrested newspaper editor William McCardle and charged him with libel and inciting violence against the United States. McCard . . .

Hepburn v. Griswold CQP Key Case, Case Summary
Feb. 7, 1870

Hepburn v. Griswold Also known as the First Legal Tender Case . . .

The Slaughterhouse Cases CQP Key Case, Case Summary
Apr. 14, 1873

The Slaughterhouse Cases This complex case gave the Court its first major opportunity to interpret the Fourteenth Amendment, which had been ratified in 1868. The Court consolidated three cases brough . . .

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