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Legal Trail Toward Corporate Moral Personhood: A Table Summary

15 January, 2016 - 09:09
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Date

Decision

Legal Right Affirmed

1889

Minneapolis and St. L. R. Co. v. Beckwith

Right for judicial review on state legislation

1893

Noble v. Union River Logging R. Col,

Right for judicial review for rights infringement by federal legislation

1906

Hale v. Henkel

Protection "against unreasonable searches and seizures (4th)

1908

Armour Packing C. v. United States

Right to trial by jury (6th)

1922

Pennsylvania Coal Co. V. Mahon

Right to compensation for government takings

1962

Fong Foo v. United States

Right to freedom from double jeopardy (5th)

1970

Ross v. Bernhard

Right to trial by jury in civil case (7th)

1976

Virginia Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Consumer Council)

Right to free speech for purely commercial speech (1st)

1978

First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti

Right to corporate political speech (1st)

1986

Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. Public Utility Commn of California

Right against coerced speech (1st)

From Ritz, Dean. (2007) "Can Corporate Personhood Be Socially Responsible?" in eds. May, S., Cheney, G., and Roper, J., Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press: 194-195.