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United States v. Stanley,
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, October 15, 1883, Decided
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Overview: Five civil rights cases were consolidated before the court in order to decide if the Civil Rights Act of 1875, 18 Stat. 335, ?? 1, 2 (1875), were constitutional. The court held that these sections were unconstitutional as they sought to proscribe individual action, which was the purview of state rather than federal law pursuant to the U.S. Const. amend. X. The court held that U.S. Const. amend. XIII prohibited the badges and incidents of slavery, and individual discrimination against African Americans did not rise to the level of slavery. The court further held that U.S. Const. amend XIV did not provide authority to enact these sections of the Civil Rights Act, as it was aimed at the state legislatures rather than the individual person. As such, the court held the sections unconstitutional in respect to the five cases brought before it.
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