The slaughterhouse cases
Subtitle: regulation, Reconstruction, and the Fourteenth Amendment
By: Ronald M. Labbé, Jonathan Lurie.
Contributors: Lurie, Jonathan, 1939-
Edition: Abridged ed.
Series: Landmark law cases & American society
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Law and legislation -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.; Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Monopolies -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index.
Table of contents: title: Beef from the pork barrel? : introduction and overview; title: Private gain, public health, and public policy in antebellum New Orleans; title: Law, politics, and slaughterhouse reform; title: A centralized abattoir for New Orleans; title: The order of battle in the lower courts; title: Appeal, repeal, and a compromise; title: The Chase court; title: The arguments; title: Decision and dissents; title: The legacy.