Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana Board of Health
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Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana Board of Health
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Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana Board of Health, 186 U.S. 380 (1902), was a United States Supreme Court case which held constitutional state laws requiring the involuntary quarantine of individuals to prevent the spread of disease. Louisiana's quarantine laws, Justice Edward White said, were a reasonable exercise of the state's police power that conflicted with neither the Dormant Commerce Clause nor the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In dissent, Justice
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1902 U.S. Supreme Court case holding state quarantine laws constitutional
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnie_Francaise_de_Navigation_a_Vapeur_v._Louisiana_Board_of_Health
date created:
2010-04-07T03:43:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T18:50:40Z
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