The Slaughterhouse Case Study

During the Industrial Revolution in Louisiana the state legislature claimed that the Mississippi River had become polluted because butchers dumped garbage into it. The solution to this problem was made by the legislature who created a slaughter house company, but because the butchers were forced into these facilities and it was such an expense to run the butchers banded together. The butchers created the Butchers Benevolent Association and argued that they were deprived of the right to purse their business which is a violation of the fourteenth amendment. However, after appealed opt the Supreme Court the justices ruled in favor of the corporation. The slaughterhouse cases made an impact on future cases because this was the first interpretation