Stone v. Mississippi (1880)

GPTKB entity

Statements (17)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 101 U.S. 814
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1880
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:heldBy The Contract Clause does not prevent a state from exercising its police power to prohibit lotteries, even if the state previously granted a charter for a lottery.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Stone v. Mississippi (1880)
gptkbp:legalSubject Contract Clause
lotteries
police power
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Chief_Justice_Morrison_Waite
gptkbp:party gptkb:Mississippi
gptkb:stone
gptkbp:predecessor state regulation of gambling
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Dartmouth_College_v._Woodward
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Contract_Clause
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6