Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company

Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad v. Gibbes: Corporate Personhood Reaffirmed

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The Supreme Court again explicitly affirmed corporate personhood, holding that “It is again decided that private corporations are persons within the meaning of [the Fourteenth] Amendment.” The case involved South Carolina’s requirement that railroads pay the salaries and expenses …

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