Hepburn v. Griswold
E452310
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hepburn v. Griswold canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Hepburn v. Griswold Context triple: [Legal Tender Act of 1862, challengedInCase, Hepburn v. Griswold]
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Griswold v. Connecticut
Griswold v. Connecticut is a landmark 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that recognized a constitutional right to marital privacy and struck down a state ban on contraceptive use by married couples.
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Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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C.
Doe v. Bolton
Doe v. Bolton is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Roe v. Wade, expanded and defined the scope of abortion rights by striking down restrictive state regulations.
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D.
Sherbert v. Verner
Sherbert v. Verner is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that strengthened protections for religious liberty by requiring strict scrutiny of government actions that substantially burden individuals’ religious practices.
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E.
United States v. Comstock
United States v. Comstock is a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s authority to civilly commit mentally ill, sexually dangerous federal prisoners beyond their release date under the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Hepburn v. Griswold Target entity description: 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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A.
Griswold v. Connecticut
Griswold v. Connecticut is a landmark 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that recognized a constitutional right to marital privacy and struck down a state ban on contraceptive use by married couples.
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B.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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C.
Doe v. Bolton
Doe v. Bolton is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Roe v. Wade, expanded and defined the scope of abortion rights by striking down restrictive state regulations.
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D.
Sherbert v. Verner
Sherbert v. Verner is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that strengthened protections for religious liberty by requiring strict scrutiny of government actions that substantially burden individuals’ religious practices.
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E.
United States v. Comstock
United States v. Comstock is a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s authority to civilly commit mentally ill, sexually dangerous federal prisoners beyond their release date under the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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legal case ⓘ |
| appliesTo | preexisting debts ⓘ |
| citation | 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 603 ⓘ |
| concerns |
Legal Tender Acts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Notes NERFINISHED ⓘ paper money as legal tender ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Fifth Amendment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Necessary and Proper Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalQuestion | scope of congressional power over currency and legal tender ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
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
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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
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contracts ⓘ monetary law ⓘ |
| majorityHolding | Legal Tender Acts exceeded congressional power when applied retroactively to preexisting contracts ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overruledBy |
Knox v. Lee
NERFINISHED
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Parker v. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| party |
Griswold
NERFINISHED
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Hepburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentStatus | overruled ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Knox v. Lee
NERFINISHED
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Parker v. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ The Legal Tender Cases NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
contract obligation
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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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Subject: Hepburn v. Griswold Description of subject: 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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