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Justice Swayze stated that the first interpretation of the right to regulate a public service corporation was made in 1879 when the State of Louisiana restricted a slaughter house concern. The debate in this case and meaning upon the "right to deprive a person of property without due process of...
The next step in the construction of the interpretation of the amendment was in the famous Granger Cases, in which the railroads in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa, demonstrated their right to appeal to the United States Courts for protection, a right stated in the last clause of the amendment. The...
Justice Swayze then showed instances of the constant conflict between the State and federal governments caused by the difference in interpretations of the Eleventh and Fourteenth Amendments. The Eleventh Amendment states that "the Judicial Power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law...
Justice Swayze stated there would always be difficulty in the interpretation of Section I of the Fourteenth Amendment, and that the final result depended on the spirit of the interpretation and the manner in which it was enforced.
**LECTURES ON THE REGULATION OF CORPORATIONS. "The Fourteenth Amendment and the Limitation of the Right to Regulate Public Service Corporations." II. Hon. Francis J. Swayze. Emerson D, 3.30 P. M.