Reports of Decisions Rendered in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, Volume 1 |
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... limits of the commercial power , which would confine it , in cases of contracts , to those con- cerning the navigation and trade of the country upon the high seas and tide waters with foreign countries , and among the several States ...
... limits of the commercial power , which would confine it , in cases of contracts , to those con- cerning the navigation and trade of the country upon the high seas and tide waters with foreign countries , and among the several States ...
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... limit the criminal jurisdiction conferred by the third section to colored persons , and exclude all white persons from its opera- tion . The title of the act is in harmony with this view of the subject . The construction contended for ...
... limit the criminal jurisdiction conferred by the third section to colored persons , and exclude all white persons from its opera- tion . The title of the act is in harmony with this view of the subject . The construction contended for ...
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... limits . Every right given is to be the same " as is enjoyed by white citizens . " It is urged that this is a penal statute , and to be construed strictly . We regard it as remedial in its character , and to be construed liberally , to ...
... limits . Every right given is to be the same " as is enjoyed by white citizens . " It is urged that this is a penal statute , and to be construed strictly . We regard it as remedial in its character , and to be construed liberally , to ...
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... limit the powers of the government which it created , and to protect the people of the States . Though earnestly sustained by the friends of the Constitution , they originated in the hostile feelings with which it was regarded by a ...
... limit the powers of the government which it created , and to protect the people of the States . Though earnestly sustained by the friends of the Constitution , they originated in the hostile feelings with which it was regarded by a ...
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... limit of time or space . Present possessions and future acquisitions will be alike within the sphere of its operation ... limits involves a legislative , and not a judicial question . It is only when the authority given has been clearly ...
... limit of time or space . Present possessions and future acquisitions will be alike within the sphere of its operation ... limits involves a legislative , and not a judicial question . It is only when the authority given has been clearly ...
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Page 31 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 31 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 230 - This provision is made in a constitution intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.
Page 161 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 285 - State, may remove such suit into the Circuit Court of the United States for the proper district, at any time before the trial thereof, when it shall be made to appear to said Circuit Court that from prejudice or local influence he will not be able to obtain justice in such State Court...
Page 77 - The government which has a right to do an act, and has imposed on it, the duty of performing that act, must, according to the dictates of reason, be allowed to select the means ; and those who contend that it may not select any appropriate means, that one particular mode of effecting the object is excepted, take upon themselves the burden of establishing that exception.
Page 309 - ... nor shall any district or circuit court have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note or other chose in action in favour of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.
Page 40 - There shall be a firm and perpetual Peace between His Britannic Majesty and the said States, and between the subjects of the one and the citizens of the other...
Page 5 - States extends to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; and that the whole of this judicial power must be vested " in one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as congress shall from time to time ordain and establish.
Page 224 - That any order of the President, or under his authority, made at any time during the existence of the present rebellion, shall be a defence in all courts to any action or prosecution, civil or criminal, pending, or to be commenced, for any search, seizure, arrest, or imprisonment, made, done, or committed, or acts omitted to be done, under and by virtue of such order, or under color of any law of Congress, and such defence may be made by special plea, or under the general issue.