Hepburn v. Griswold
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Hepburn v. Griswold was an 1870 U.S. Supreme Court decision that initially held it unconstitutional to make paper money legal tender for preexisting debts under the Civil War–era Legal Tender Acts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hepburn v. Griswold canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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legal case ⓘ |
| appliesTo | preexisting debts ⓘ |
| citation | 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 603 ⓘ |
| concerns |
Legal Tender Acts
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United States Notes NERFINISHED ⓘ paper money as legal tender ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Fifth Amendment
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Necessary and Proper Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalQuestion | scope of congressional power over currency and legal tender ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1870 ⓘ |
| decisionType | constitutional decision ⓘ |
| era | Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| held |
Civil War–era Legal Tender Acts were unconstitutional as applied to preexisting debts
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Congress could not make United States paper money legal tender for debts contracted before the Legal Tender Acts ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first Supreme Court decision to strike down the Legal Tender Acts ⓘ |
| impact | temporarily limited congressional power to declare paper money legal tender ⓘ |
| issue | whether Congress could make paper money legal tender for preexisting debts ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| legalDoctrine | non-retroactivity of certain monetary legislation ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
constitutional law
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contracts ⓘ monetary law ⓘ |
| majorityHolding | Legal Tender Acts exceeded congressional power when applied retroactively to preexisting contracts ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overruledBy |
Knox v. Lee
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Parker v. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| party |
Griswold
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Hepburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentStatus | overruled ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Knox v. Lee
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Parker v. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ The Legal Tender Cases NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
contract obligation
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due process of law ⓘ legal tender ⓘ paper currency ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Civil War finance
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gold clause contracts ⓘ |
| result | Legal Tender Acts unconstitutional as applied to debts contracted before their passage ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | validity of federal legal tender laws ⓘ |
| subsequentHistory | overruled in 1871 by the Legal Tender Cases ⓘ |
| temporalScope | contracts made before the Legal Tender Acts ⓘ |
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