Contracts Clause

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:appliesTo state governments
gptkbp:category gptkb:Legal_history_of_the_United_States
gptkb:United_States_constitutional_law
Contract law
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Stone_v._Mississippi_(1880)
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus (1978)
Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)
Sturges v. Crowninshield (1819)
Energy Reserves Group v. Kansas Power & Light (1983)
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:government
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1789
gptkbp:historicallyLimitedBy gptkb:Charles_River_Bridge_v._Warren_Bridge_(1837)
gptkb:Home_Building_&_Loan_Association_v._Blaisdell_(1934)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Contracts Clause
gptkbp:interpretedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:locatedIn Article I, Section 10, Clause 1
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:prohibits states from passing laws impairing the obligation of contracts
gptkbp:relatedTo public contracts
economic liberty
private contracts
state police powers
gptkbp:text No State shall...pass any...Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts...
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:293_U.S._465
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7