United States v. Cruikshank

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_v._Cruikshank

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:category	United States Supreme Court cases 1876 in United States case law Legal history of civil rights in the United States
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:92_U.S._542
gptkbp:date	March 27, 1876
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:William_J._Cruikshank other white supremacists
gptkbp:docketNumber	No. 893
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:United_States_v._Harris
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:United_States_v._William_J._Cruikshank_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy	The Bill of Rights does not apply to private actors or to state governments Federal government cannot prosecute individuals for civil rights violations unless state action is involved The First and Second Amendments do not apply to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States v. Cruikshank
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Louisiana
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Chief_Justice_Morrison_Waite
gptkbp:overturnedOrLimitedBy	later incorporation doctrine cases
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Slaughter-House_Cases
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Reconstruction_Era gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1870 gptkb:Colfax_Massacre gptkb:Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:significance	Limited federal enforcement of civil rights Set precedent for state action doctrine
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Enforcement_Acts gptkb:Colfax_Massacre
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5