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" They are nothing more or less than the powers of government inherent in every sovereignty to the extent of its dominions. "
Laws of Illinois Relating to Railroads and Warehouses, with Appendix ... - Page 13
by Illinois - 1877 - 157 pages
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American law reports annotated, Volume 37

1925 - 1624 pages
...HR Co. 75 Conn. 347, 61 LRA 730, 53 Atl. 657, that "the 132 (100 Conn, kit, police powers of a state 'are nothing more or less than the powers of government inherent in every sovereignty to the extent of its dominions.' " Also, that they do not denote some peculiar and transcendent form...
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The Texas Criminal Reports: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the ..., Volume 75

Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals - Criminal law - 1916 - 788 pages
...scope is supreme, to the exclusion of the power of the general government. Police power 'is the power of government inherent in every sovereignty, that is to say, the power to govern men and things' (License Cases, 5 How., 504, 583. 12 L. Ed., So6), and when exercised by a State sovereignty extends...
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Mississippi Reports ... Being Cases Argued and Decided in the ..., Volume 74

Mississippi. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 1048 pages
...affected with a public interest. In the case of Munn v. Illinois, supra, Mr. Chief Justice Waite said: "Under these powers, the government regulates the...citizens one towards another, and the manner in which he shall use his property when such regulation becomes necessary for public good. In their exercise,...
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Delaware Reports: Containing Cases Decided in the Supreme Court ..., Volume 27

David Thomas Marvel, John W. Houston, Samuel Maxwell Harrington, James Pennewill, William Henry Boyce, William Watson Harrington, Charles L. Terry, William J. Storey - Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 722 pages
...scope is supreme, to the exclusion of the power of the general government. Police power "is the power of government inherent in every sovereignty, that is to say, the power to govern men and things" (License Cases, 5 How. 504, 583, 12 L. Ed. 256), and when exercised by a state sovereignty extends...
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Historic Preservation, a Plan for New Mexico

New Mexico. State Planning Office - Historic buildings - 1971 - 204 pages
...primarily aesthetic objectives. Police powers of the states were defined by the US Supreme Court in 1847 as "nothing more or less than the powers of government inherent in every sovereignty to the extent of its dominions."1 State courts have held that the police power may be exercised only...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 428

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1978 - 716 pages
...to regu19/d., at 2460. 20 Id., at 2456. 21 See Munn v. Illinois, 94 US 113, 125 ("Under [the police] powers the government regulates the conduct of its...another, and the manner in which each shall use his owu property, when such regulation becomes necessary for the public good. In their exercise it has...
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Minnesota Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme ..., Volume 139

Minnesota. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 720 pages
...Chief Justice Taney, in the License Cases (Thurlow v. Massachusetts, 5 How. 504, 583, 12 L. ed. 256), "are nothing more or less than the powers of government inherent in every sovereignty to the extent of its dominions." In Barbier v. Connolly, 113 US 27, 31, 5 Sup. Ct. 357, 359, 28 L....
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Liberty, Property, and Government: Constitutional Interpretation Before the ...

Ellen Frankel Paul, Howard Dickman - Law - 1989 - 316 pages
...under the police power. He cited the License Cases definition of that power of Chief Justice Taney as "nothing more or less than the powers of government inherent in every sovereignty." Waite also sounded like Benjamin when he said that under the police power "the government regulates...
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A History of the Supreme Court

Bernard Schwartz - History - 1993 - 480 pages
...influence in molding the development of constitutional law: But what arc the police powers of a State? They are nothing more or less than the powers of government inherent in every sovereignty to the extent of its dominions. And whether a State passes a quarantine law, or a law to punish offenses,...
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Private Rights and Public Illusions

Tibor R. Machan - Political Science - 406 pages
...prosperity."7* Echoing the origins of the concept, Chief Justice Taney noted that the police power amounts to "nothing more or less than the powers of government inherent in every sovereignty to the extent of its dominions."79 Not only state legislatures, but the federal government, too, exercises...
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