Crescent City Live-Stock Landing and Slaughter-House Company

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Crescent City Live-Stock Landing and Slaughter-House Company was a 19th-century New Orleans–area slaughterhouse monopoly whose state-granted exclusive rights were at the center of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Slaughter-House Cases on the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century company ⓘ
business monopoly ⓘ
slaughterhouse company ⓘ
associatedWithRight due process of law ⓘ
equal protection of the laws ⓘ
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States ⓘ
businessActivity landing livestock ⓘ
processing meat for New Orleans market ⓘ
slaughtering livestock ⓘ
centralToCase Slaughter-House Cases ⓘ
challengedBy independent New Orleans butchers ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
grantedBy State of Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana
hasExclusiveRights operating stock landing facilities near New Orleans ⓘ
slaughtering livestock within designated district ⓘ
hasLegalForm state-chartered corporation ⓘ
hasMonopolyOn animal slaughtering in New Orleans area ⓘ
livestock landing in New Orleans area ⓘ
historicalSignificance triggered first major U.S. Supreme Court interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
industry meatpacking industry ⓘ
slaughterhouse industry ⓘ
involvedIn Slaughter-House Cases ⓘ
jurisdiction Louisiana ⓘ
legalIssue scope of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
validity of state-granted monopoly ⓘ
locatedIn Louisiana ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
New Orleans metropolitan area ⓘ
operatedDuringCentury 19th century ⓘ
regulates slaughtering of livestock in New Orleans area ⓘ
relatedToAmendment Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
subjectOf constitutional litigation in the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ

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Slaughter-House Cases → party → Crescent City Live-Stock Landing and Slaughter-House Company ⓘ