, 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 . . .
, Case SummaryMay 18, 1896
Plessy v. Ferguson Louisiana enacted a statute in 1890 that required railroads to provide “equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races” and barred individuals from o . . .
, Case SummaryApr. 8, 1895
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. I Also known as the Income Tax Cases . . .
, Case SummaryMay 20, 1895
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. II Also known as the Income Tax Cases . . .
, Case SummaryJan. 21, 1895
United States v. E.C. Knight Co. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which remains the basis for nearly all federal antitrust prosecutions to this day, outlawed every “contract, combination in t . . .
, 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 . . .
, 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 . . .