Knox v. Lee

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Knox v. Lee was an 1871 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the federal government's power to issue paper money as legal tender, reversing the earlier Hepburn v. Griswold ruling.

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Knox v. Lee canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
legal tender case ⓘ
affects federal monetary policy ⓘ
power of Congress over currency ⓘ
citation 12 Wall. 457 ⓘ
79 U.S. 457 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
Fifth Amendment ⓘ
Necessary and Proper Clause ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1871-05-01 ⓘ
dissentingJustice David Davis ⓘ
Robert C. Grier ⓘ
Salmon P. Chase ⓘ
hasAlternativeName The Legal Tender Cases ⓘ
hasPart Parker v. Davis ⓘ
historicalContext American Civil War ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
holding Congress has the constitutional power to make paper money legal tender for the payment of debts ⓘ
the Legal Tender Acts are constitutional as applied to contracts made before their passage ⓘ
involvesStatute Legal Tender Act of 1862 ⓘ
Legal Tender Act of 1863 ⓘ
issue constitutionality of the Legal Tender Acts ⓘ
validity of federal paper money as legal tender ⓘ
joinedByMajorityJustice Joseph P. Bradley ⓘ
Nathan Clifford ⓘ
Noah H. Swayne ⓘ
Samuel F. Miller ⓘ
Stephen J. Field ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSubject constitutional law ⓘ
federal powers ⓘ
monetary law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy William Strong ⓘ
overrules Hepburn v. Griswold ⓘ
precedentFor later cases on congressional monetary powers ⓘ
relatedCase Hepburn v. Griswold ⓘ
Juilliard v. Greenman ⓘ
result federal paper currency upheld as legal tender for private debts ⓘ
topic greenbacks ⓘ
legal tender ⓘ
paper money ⓘ
volumeInUnitedStatesReports 79 ⓘ
yearDecided 1871 ⓘ

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Coinage Clause → usedInCaseLaw → Knox v. Lee ⓘ
Hepburn v. Griswold → overruledBy → Knox v. Lee ⓘ
Hepburn v. Griswold → relatedCase → Knox v. Lee ⓘ
Parker v. Davis → relatedToCase → Knox v. Lee ⓘ