Hepburn v. Griswold

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Hepburn v. Griswold was an 1870 U.S. Supreme Court decision that initially held it unconstitutional to make paper money legal tender for preexisting debts under the Civil War–era Legal Tender Acts.

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Hepburn v. Griswold canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
legal case ⓘ
appliesTo preexisting debts ⓘ
citation 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 603 ⓘ
concerns Legal Tender Acts ⓘ
United States Notes ⓘ
linked to: United States Note

paper money as legal tender ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fifth Amendment ⓘ
Necessary and Proper Clause ⓘ
constitutionalQuestion scope of congressional power over currency and legal tender ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1870 ⓘ
decisionType constitutional decision ⓘ
era Reconstruction era ⓘ
held Civil War–era Legal Tender Acts were unconstitutional as applied to preexisting debts ⓘ
Congress could not make United States paper money legal tender for debts contracted before the Legal Tender Acts ⓘ
historicalSignificance first Supreme Court decision to strike down the Legal Tender Acts ⓘ
impact temporarily limited congressional power to declare paper money legal tender ⓘ
issue whether Congress could make paper money legal tender for preexisting debts ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
legalDoctrine non-retroactivity of certain monetary legislation ⓘ
legalSubject constitutional law ⓘ
contracts ⓘ
monetary law ⓘ
majorityHolding Legal Tender Acts exceeded congressional power when applied retroactively to preexisting contracts ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase ⓘ
linked to: Salmon P. Chase
overruledBy Knox v. Lee ⓘ
Parker v. Davis ⓘ
party Griswold ⓘ
Hepburn ⓘ
precedentStatus overruled ⓘ
relatedCase Knox v. Lee ⓘ
Parker v. Davis ⓘ
The Legal Tender Cases ⓘ
relatedConcept contract obligation ⓘ
due process of law ⓘ
legal tender ⓘ
paper currency ⓘ
relatedTo Civil War finance ⓘ
gold clause contracts ⓘ
result Legal Tender Acts unconstitutional as applied to debts contracted before their passage ⓘ
subjectMatter validity of federal legal tender laws ⓘ
subsequentHistory overruled in 1871 by the Legal Tender Cases ⓘ
temporalScope contracts made before the Legal Tender Acts ⓘ

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Legal Tender Act of 1862 → challengedInCase → Hepburn v. Griswold ⓘ
Chase Court → notableCase → Hepburn v. Griswold ⓘ
Knox v. Lee → overrules → Hepburn v. Griswold ⓘ
Knox v. Lee → relatedCase → Hepburn v. Griswold ⓘ
Parker v. Davis → relatedToCase → Hepburn v. Griswold ⓘ