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Compare and Contrast two law cases

.... with the outcome of these cases?

The Slaughterhouse Cases and The Civil Rights cases, resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1873 and 1883, respectively, are important cases in U.S. legal history, but both have proved controversial. The Slaughterhouse issue began in New Orleans over the filth and dirt in the city and the state attempts to enforce hygienic procedures. In 1869, the Louisiana legislature passed a law to protect the health of the City of New Orleans (Ross, 1998, p. 653). The law also granted a virtual monopoly to the Crescent City Livestock Landing & Slaughterhouse Company to slaughter animals in the vicinity. The legislative decision in exchange required that the Crescent City Company complied with the state provisions governing the hygienic procedures in the vicinity, including the quality of facilities and products, output volume, and price of livestock (The Slaughterhouse Cases, n.d.). The company was also obliged to allow independent butchers to work in the Companys facilities at a set rate. The butchers were not allowed to own independent slaughterhouses. Angered by the new law, a group of butchers in New Orleans sued Louisiana in a state court, claiming that their right to privileges and immunities clause