Corporate-Rights

Powell Expands Corporate Speech Rights in Virginia State Board of Pharmacy Decision

1976-05-24 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. authors the majority opinion in Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, establishing First Amendment protection for commercial speech by striking down state restrictions on prescription drug price advertising. This landmark decision creates …

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Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway v. Beckwith: Corporate Personhood Doctrine Becomes Settled Law

1889-01-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The Supreme Court formally declared corporate personhood as settled constitutional law, with Justice Stephen Field writing that “Corporations are persons within the meaning of the clauses in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution concerning the deprivation of property, and concerning the …

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Pembina Consolidated Silver Mining Co. v. Pennsylvania: Court Explicitly Affirms Corporate Personhood

1888-01-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

In an 8-0 decision authored by Justice Stephen Field, the U.S. Supreme Court explicitly affirmed corporate personhood under the Fourteenth Amendment, holding that “Under the designation of ‘person’ there is no doubt that a private corporation is included. Such corporations are …

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