Stone v. Mississippi 101 U.S. 814 (1880)
STONE v. MISSISSIPPI 101 U.S. 814 (1880)
Chief Justice morrison r. waite for a unanimous Supreme Court held that the state might revoke the chartered right of a lottery company to do business in the state, without violating the contract clause. Because the company was not subject to the state's reserved police power to alter or repeal the contract, the Court relied on the doctrine of inalienable police power, here the power to protect the public morals by outlawing gambling.
Leonard W. Levy
(1986)
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