Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @05:14PM
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> Corporations are not people,
Corporations are exactly didtinxt legal persons and that's the central point of incorporation.
> the Supreme Court has never found that they are
It has, in fact, found that they are legally persons and that is the whole point of corporations (though the first cases to do so use the term “individuality” for what a modern writer might term “personhood”.) Key early cases include Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. 518 (1819); Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts v. Town of Pawlet 21 U.S. 464 (1823); and Providence Bank v. Billings, 29 U.S. 514 (1830).
But, beyond these early cases using language that might be mistaken by a modern reader, in Pembina Consolidated Silver Mining Co. v. Pennsylvania, 125 U.S. 181 (1888), the court, in addressing the 14th amendment, found that “[u]nder the designation of ‘person’ there is no doubt that a private corporation is included.”
Corporations are exactly didtinxt legal persons and that's the central point of incorporation.
> the Supreme Court has never found that they are
It has, in fact, found that they are legally persons and that is the whole point of corporations (though the first cases to do so use the term “individuality” for what a modern writer might term “personhood”.) Key early cases include Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. 518 (1819); Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts v. Town of Pawlet 21 U.S. 464 (1823); and Providence Bank v. Billings, 29 U.S. 514 (1830).
But, beyond these early cases using language that might be mistaken by a modern reader, in Pembina Consolidated Silver Mining Co. v. Pennsylvania, 125 U.S. 181 (1888), the court, in addressing the 14th amendment, found that “[u]nder the designation of ‘person’ there is no doubt that a private corporation is included.”