CALDWELL v. TEXAS

No. 1541.

137 U.S. 692 (1891)

CALDWELL v. TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 12, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James S. Hogg, Attorney General of Texas, and Mr. Richard H. Harrison, for the motion.

Mr. J. Randolph Burns opposing.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

By the Fourteenth Amendment the powers of the States in dealing with crime within their borders are not limited, but no State can deprive particular persons or classes of persons of equal and impartial justice under the law. Law, in its regular course of administration through courts of justice, is due process, and when secured by the law of the State, the constitutional requisition...

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